Mr. Dunning was a secretary of the Museum Society. He was writing a letter to Mr. Karswell to refuse him when he wanted to give a book of magic to the Museum. He thought that the book was nonsense and he doesn't want to have it in the Museum.
Two days later, he saw a strange notice on a tram. "IN MEMORY OF JOHN HARRINGTON, DIED 18 SEPTEMBER 1899. HE WAS GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO LIVE." He looked again, but the notice disappeared. And then came the evil Karswell...
THE MESSAGE OF DEATH
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Vocabulary:
Word
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Meaning / Example
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Picture
Illustration
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library
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where there is a lot of books to read in town
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notice
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a short message
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chase
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to go after someone or something
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wolf
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a grey, scary animal that lives in the woods and eats meat
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nonsense
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not true, not realistic
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servant
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someone who works in a house of other person
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wind
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A strong air stream
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teeth
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the hard small pieces inside the mouth
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mouth
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we open the mouth to speak
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dream
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pictures we see in our head when we sleep
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devil
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something or someone who is very bad and evil
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will
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the formal letter that a person tells that what will
happen after he/she dies
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beard
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the hair that grows on a man’s face
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wallet
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a small flat case for holding money
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accident
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something bad that we don’t want it to happen
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tower
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a high building, usually built to watch over a far place
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crowd
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a lot of people
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fall off (past
tense fell)
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to go down from somewhere suddenly
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candle
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we use a candle to see in the dark
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match (plural matches)
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we use this to get fire
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enemy
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someone who fights us
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invite
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to ask someone to come to our house, party, etc.
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drop
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to let go of something
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