Sophie+&+Monica+Holocaust

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MONICA:

I leaned as far as I could from the single window in my bedroom; it was always hard to see the sky from the __//**Beje**//__. __**1.) BEJE**__ - the name of the ten Boom house in the Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem, the Netherlands.

There it stood now, as I stepped ack into the shop, still tall and gleaming on its concrete block, but shorn now of __//**eminence**.//
 * 2.) EMINENCE**__ - A position of great distinction or superiority.

I unlocked the street door and stepped into the __//**Barteljorisstraat.**//
 * 3.) Barteljorisstraat**__ - A street in Haarlem.

How could we have guessed as we sat there - two middle age __//**spinsters**//__ and an old man - that in place of memories we were about to be given adventure and __//**anguish**//__, horror and heaven were just around the corner and we did not know it. __**4.) Spinsters**__ - an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage. __**5.) Anguish**__ - extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony.  Christoffels was the third and only other employe in the shop, a bent, __//**wizened**//__ little man who looked older than Father though actually he was ten years younger. __**1.) Wizened**__ - Shriveled or dried up; withered

So __//**ragged**//__ and __//**woebegone**//__ that I'd assumed that he was one of the beggars who had the Beje marked as a sure meal. __**2.) Ragged**__ - Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes __**3.) Woebegone**__ - sorrowful or sad in appearance

It turned that Christoffels belonged to an almost vanished trade, the __//**itinerant**//__ clockmender who trudged on foot throughout the land, regulating and repairing the tall pendulum clocks that were the pride of every Dutch farmhouse. __**4.) Itinerant**__ - Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty  He had remained as tattered and __//**threadbare**//__ as ever. __**5.) Threadbare**__ - Wearing old, shabby clothing

Christoffels was //__**r****esplendent**__// in a new black suit, new checkered vest, a snowy white shirt, flowered tie, and stiff __//**starched**//__ collar. __**1.) Resplendent**__ - having a brilliant or splendid appearance __**2.) Starched**__ - Stiffened.

"What joy to see you on this - er - __//**auspicious**//__ day." __**3.) Auspicious**__ - Marked by success; prosperous

I dashed down the stairs, took my coat and my bicycle from inside the alley door, and was wheeling it over the //**threshold**// when Betsie's voice reached me, soft but firm. __**4.) Threshold**__ - A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill

Across the town square I pedaled, over the canal on the Grote Hout bridge and along the Wagenweg __//**reveling**//__ in the thin winter sunshine. __**5.) Reveling**__ - to take intense pleasure or satisfaction

SOPHIE:

Usually it was fog in January in Holland, __//**dank,**//__ chill, and gray. __**1. Dank-**__ unpleasantly moist or damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar. Usually it was fog in January, unpleasantly moist and damp, chilly, and gray.

...he was so __**//wall-eyed//**__ that you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else... __**2. Wall-eyed-**__ having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing. His eyes had an abnormal amount of white showing, so you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...

For the last ten minutes, wish a heavenly disregard for the __//**precisions**//__ of passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been __//**pealing**//__ out 7:00 o'clock... __**3. Precisions-**__ the state or quality of being precise. __**4. Pealing**__ __**-**__ a loud, prolonged ringing of bells. For the last ten minutes, with a heavenly disregard for the state of precise passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been a loud, prolonged ringing out 7:00 o'clock...

At 7:45 Hans, the __//**apprentice**//__, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper. __**5. Apprentice**__ - a person who works for another in order to learn a trade At 7:45 Hans, the person who was working for him in order to learn the trade, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.

Today I //**careened**// onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock. __**1. Careened-**__ To rush headlong or carelessly Today I rushed carelessly onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.

As a __//**dutiful**//__ aunt I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally. __**2. Dutiful-**__ exhibiting or having a sense of duty As an aunt exhibiting a sense of duty, I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.

A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the __//**personage**//__ who had picked it out. __**3. Personage-**__ A person of distinction A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the person of distinction who had picked it out.

Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous __//**zeal.**// Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of it.
 * 4. Zeal-**__ eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something

My heart poured out with a __//**rapturous**//__ reply, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips. My heart poured out with a reply full of feeling, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
 * 5. Rapturous-** full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.

The only known treatment was rest at a //__**sanatorium**__// and that was only for the rich. __**1. Sanatorium-**__ a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases The only known treatment was rest at a hospital for chronic diseases, and that was only for the rich.

But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood **imperiously** before the Beje. __**2. Imperiously-**__ domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood in a haughty manner before the Beje. I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the **//ermine//** collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm. __**3. Ermine-**__ having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail. I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the white with the black at the tip collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.

A hollow space under the stairs and some **//haphazard//** friendships were not an operation. __**4. Haphazard-**__ characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless. A hollow space under the stairs and some random friendships were not an operation.

But if the telephone was a **//boon//**, it was also a fresh risk. __**5. Boon-**__ A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock buybacks. But if the telephone was a benefit for investors, it was also a fresh risk.

Monica - you have a good start. Word choice is good; you have not rewritten the sentences inserting the new definitions so that they makes sense in the sentences. Finish that and you'll be set. Sophie - great job! Good choice of words and inserting them into the sentences.

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SOPHIE:

Usually it was fog in January in Holland, __//**dank,**//__ chill, and gray. __**1. Dank-**__ unpleasantly moist o r damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar. Usually it was fog in January, __unpleasantly moist and damp, chilly__, and gray.

...he was so __**//wall-eyed//**__ that you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else... __**2. Wall-eyed-**__ having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing. His eyes had an __abnormal amount of white showing__, so you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...

For the last ten minutes, wish a heavenly disregard for the __//**precisions**//__ of passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been __//**pealing**//__ out 7:00 o'clock... __**3. Precisions-**__ the state or quality of being precise. __**4. Pealing**__ __**-**__ a loud, prolonged ringing of bells. For the last ten minutes, with a heavenly disregard for the __state of precise passing time__, the church bells of Haarlem had been a __loud, prolonged ringing__ out 7:00 o'clock...

At 7:45 Hans, the __//**apprentice**//__, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper. __**5. Apprentice**__- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade At 7:45 Hans, __the person who was working for him in order to learn the trade__, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.

Today I //**__careened__**// onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock. __**1. Careened-**__ To rush headlong or carelessly Today I __rushed carelessly__ onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.

As a __//**dutiful**//__ aunt I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally. __**2. Dutiful-**__ exhibiting or having a sense of duty As an aunt __exhibiting a sense of duty__, I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.

A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the __//**personage**//__ who had picked it out. __**3. Personage-**__ A person of distinction A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the __person of distinction__ who had picked it out.

Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous __//**zeal.**// Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with __righteous eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of it.__
 * 4. Zeal-**__ eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something

My heart poured out with a __//**rapturous**//__ reply, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
 * __5. Rapturous__-** full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.

My heart poured out with a reply __full of feeling__, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.

The only known treatment was rest at a //__**sanatorium**__// and that was only for the rich. __**1. Sanatorium-**__ a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases The only known treatment was rest at a __hospital for chronic diseases,__ and that was only for the rich.

But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood **__imperiously__** before the Beje. __**2. Imperiously-**__ domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood in a __haughty manner__ before the Beje. I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the **//__ermine__//** collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm. __**3. Ermine-**__ having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail. I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the __white with the black at the tip__ collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.

A hollow space under the stairs and some **//__haphazard__//** friendships were not an operation. __**4. Haphazard-**__ characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless. A hollow space under the stairs and some __random__ friendships were not an operation.

But if the telephone was a **//__boon__//**, it was also a fresh risk. __**5. Boon-**__ A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock 