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  1. ballpoint
    a pen that has a small metal ball from which ink flows
    She is nervous that a stray ballpoint might lie forgotten in a pocket, leave a Caspian Sea of navy ink never to be bleached away.
  2. patterned
    having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
    Right now she chooses a pretty china cup, Staffordshire, patterned with red roses.
  3. stub
    the small unused part of something
    She studies, frowning, a pair of ticket stubs for a New York City theatre.
  4. bleach
    make whiter or lighter
    She is nervous that a stray ballpoint might lie forgotten in a pocket, leave a Caspian Sea of navy ink never to be bleached away.
  5. laundry
    garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
    She pokes the tea bag with a spoon while she pours in the boiling water and then decides to start the laundry while the tea steeps.
  6. shirt
    a garment worn on the upper half of the body
    Dan's shirts are already loaded in the washer but she pulls them out anyway, to shake them.
  7. stray
    wander from a direct course or at random
    She is nervous that a stray ballpoint might lie forgotten in a pocket, leave a Caspian Sea of navy ink never to be bleached away.
  8. poke
    thrust abruptly
    She pokes the tea bag with a spoon while she pours in the boiling water and then decides to start the laundry while the tea steeps.
  9. lid
    a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
    As she shakes the shirt, something flies out, floats up like confetti to land on the lid of the dryer.
  10. navy
    the branch of armed services that conducts operations at sea
    She is nervous that a stray ballpoint might lie forgotten in a pocket, leave a Caspian Sea of navy ink never to be bleached away.
  11. frown
    a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
    She studies, frowning, a pair of ticket stubs for a New York City theatre.
  12. steep
    having a sharp inclination
    She pokes the tea bag with a spoon while she pours in the boiling water and then decides to start the laundry while the tea steeps.
  13. pattern
    a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
    Right now she chooses a pretty china cup, Staffordshire, patterned with red roses.
  14. shake
    move or cause to move back and forth
    Dan's shirts are already loaded in the washer but she pulls them out anyway, to shake them.
  15. float
    be on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
    As she shakes the shirt, something flies out, floats up like confetti to land on the lid of the dryer.
  16. remind
    put in the mind of someone
    Chloe will be reminded of these conversations in four minutes.
  17. boil
    change from a liquid to vapor
    She pokes the tea bag with a spoon while she pours in the boiling water and then decides to start the laundry while the tea steeps.
  18. bag
    a flexible container with a single opening
    She pokes the tea bag with a spoon while she pours in the boiling water and then decides to start the laundry while the tea steeps.
  19. pair
    a set of two similar things considered as a unit
    She studies, frowning, a pair of ticket stubs for a New York City theatre.
  20. pour
    cause to run
    She pokes the tea bag with a spoon while she pours in the boiling water and then decides to start the laundry while the tea steeps.
  21. pocket
    a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
    She is nervous that a stray ballpoint might lie forgotten in a pocket, leave a Caspian Sea of navy ink never to be bleached away.
  22. pretty
    pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
    Right now she chooses a pretty china cup, Staffordshire, patterned with red roses.
  23. land
    the solid part of the earth's surface
    As she shakes the shirt, something flies out, floats up like confetti to land on the lid of the dryer.
  24. lie
    be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
    She is nervous that a stray ballpoint might lie forgotten in a pocket, leave a Caspian Sea of navy ink never to be bleached away.
  25. right
    free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
    Right now she chooses a pretty china cup, Staffordshire, patterned with red roses.
Created on 九月 30, 2010

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