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Friday, November 25, 2011
August 1, 1804
On page 37, Seaman says, "The dearth of meat did not affect me, because there were certain parts of the animals the men refused to eat."
Using context clues, what do you think "dearth" means?
I think dearth means heap
ReplyDeleteI think dearth means the scraps of an animal.
ReplyDeleteBy context I think dearth is the parts of an animal that people don't usually eat. Like the scraps.
ReplyDeleteI think it means parts of animals people would not eat.
ReplyDeleteI think dearth means lack or shortage.
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