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THE MISER IN THE BUSH by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
diligent | |
a. characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks |
miser | |
n. someone who has a strong wish to have money and hates to spend it |
dwarf | |
n. a creature like a little man with magical powers |
grant | |
v. give or allow someone something, usually in an official way |
fiddle | |
n. a violin |
twig | |
n. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division) |
thrush | |
n. songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast |
caper | |
v. run and jump about in an energetic, happy way |
brisk | |
a. active, fast, and energetic |
plight | |
n. an unpleasant condition, especially a serious, sad, or difficult one |
ponder | |
v. think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time |
rascal | |
n. one who is playfully mischievous n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel |
gallows | |
n. (pl) a wooden structure used, especially in the past, to hang criminals from as a form of execution |
whit | |
n. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount |
vagabond | |
n. a person who has no home and usually no job, and who travels from place to place |
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