| pattern
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| a decorative shape or design
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| pause
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| to stop what you are doing for a short time.
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| pave
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| to cover a road with stone or concrete to make it smooth.
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| paw
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| pay
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| pea
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| a small, round, sweet-tasting vegetable that grows in a pod.
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| peace
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| a period of quietness and calm.
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| peach
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| a round fruit with a velvety skin and a large pit inside.
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| peacock
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| a large bird that is also called a peafowl. Peacocks live in forests in Africa and India and eat insects, grains, plants, and small animals. The males are known for their beautiful tail feathers
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| peak
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| the pointed top of a mountain
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| peanut
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| a small, edible nut that grows in pods under the ground
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| pear
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| a pale green or brown fruit with a thin skin, pale, juicy flesh, and pits.
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| pearl
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| a smooth, shiny, rounded object that grows inside an oyster. Pearls are often used for making jewelry
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| pebble
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| a small, smooth, rounded stone.
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| peck
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| to bite or strike with a beak.
| The bird pecked at the food.
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| peculiar
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| strange, odd, or unusual.
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| pedal
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| a lever that you work with your foot to move or control something
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| pedestrian
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| a person traveling on foot.
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| peel
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| to remove or strip something off.
| Peeling a banana
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| peep
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| to look quickly and secretly at something or someone.
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| peer
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| to look closely at something or someone.
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| peg
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| a hook on the wall for hanging things on.
| He hung his coat on the peg
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| pelican
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| a large bird that lives in or near water in warm regions. It has a pouch beneath its bill that it uses to catch and hold fish.
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| pen
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| a tool filled with ink, used for writing.
| A cattle pen.
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| penalty
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| a fine or a punishment for breaking a law or rule, or for breaking a rule during a sports game
| The referre gave a penalty to our team.
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| pencil
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| a tool with an erasable material inside, used for writing and drawing
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| penguin
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| a large, fish-eating seabird found in the cold seas of the southern hemisphere. Penguins cannot fly, but are good underwater swimmers
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| penknife
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| a small knife that folds into a case.
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| pentagon
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| a flat shape with five sides of equal length
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| people
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| human beings in general.
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