Source: Grendel’s Guide to Love and War: A Tale of Rivalry, Romance, and Existential Angst by A.E. Kaplan, page 27
Context: “I palpated my head for signs of trauma. ‘Like a hole in head,’ I agreed.”
In Their Words:
palpate
transitive verb
In My Words: To feel around for an injury or broken bone,
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Source: Rabbit & Robot by Andrew Smith, page 300
Context: “I’m the real victim here, not you! Not you! Parasite! Thieving capitalist! Impostor! Fraud!” said another cog that was just a head and torso belching out anger and mucilaginous creamy goo from multiple wounds where arms and legs used to be.
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In My Words:
Sticky and slimy liquid, kind of like the trail a snail leaves behind.
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Source: History of the Scofield Mine Disaster, page 203
Context: “It may be, too, that this hecatomb of human lives offered at the shrine of capital amid the tears and lamentations of helpless widows and fatherless children, may touch and soften its heart, so it may, at least, realize how much it owes to labor and the great sacrifices the latter has, sometimes, to make in order to serve the former and promote its growth and interests.
In Their Words:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hecatomb
In My Words: when a lot of people die for the good of everyone else.
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Source: The October Country by Ray Bradbury, page 10
Context: “Lay off him is all I ask; you’ll get nothing but trouble for your dough. [Goodness gracious], Aimee, I never seen you so hepped on anything.”
In Their Words:
In My Words: fixated on something you’re worked up about.
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Source: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, page 118.
Context: “Behind him would race six others, and the first boy there would be the Musician, playing the white xylophone bones beneath the outer covering of black flakes. A great skull would roll to view, like a snowball; they shouted! Ribs, like spider legs, plangent as a dull harp, and then the black flakes of mortality blowing all about them in their scuffling dance.”
In Their Words:
In My Words: Something ringing out after being struck or hit.
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Source: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, page 186.
Context: “Now the great ships turned as lightly as moon thistles. Their wing-sails flapped with a sound of soft applause on the air. The masks were coruscating, turning, firing the shadows.”
In Their Words: verb –
In My Words: flashing or reflecting flashes of light.
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Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by JK Rowling, page 349
Context: “Ron continued to chunter under his breath all the way down the street.”
In Their Words:
intransitive verb
British
to talk in a low inarticulate way: mutter
In My Words:
mumble or mutter
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Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by JK Rowling, page 87
Context: “A frisson had gone around the table at the mention of Voldemort’s name.”
In Their Words:
Noun:
a brief moment of emotional excitement: shudder, thrill
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frisson
In My Words: The feeling you get when you are excited or creeped out and it makes you shudder.
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Source: This word comes from Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, on page 260.
Context: When I accessed the colophon, I saw that Syrinx’s author was listed as “Anonymous.”
In Their Words:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/colophon?s=t
In My Words: a place in the book that shows the name of the author and other publishing information.
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Source: The Lonesome Gods by Louis L’Amour, page 320
Context: For as long as she could remember, Aunt Elena had been rising at daybreak. She supposed it was her father’s influence, Although he had been an hidalgo with vast estates in both Spain and Morocco, it had been his custom to ride each morning with the rising sun.
In Their Words:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hidalgo?s=t
In My Words: a member of Spanish nobility who owns a lot of land.
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