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“The Singing Man”
Vocabulary
abide
Banzar tried to be a good member of the village and abide by the elders’ rules.
abide
(v.) support or follow along with
acceptable
He never broke any rules and tried to act in a way that was acceptable to them.
acceptable
(adj.) what is approved
boyhood
During his boyhood, he did what he was told, but when he grew to be a man, he had to go against the elders.
boyhood
(n.) for a male, the period of time between infancy and adulthood
wares
He did not want to make wares to sell in the market.
wares
(n.) goods or objects for sale
trill
He wanted to play the flute and trill like a bird.
trill
(v.) to make a rapidly quivering musical sound
famine
Then one year, there was a famine in the village and people became weak from hunger.
famine
(n.) extreme shortage of food
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