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| a trail of smell left by an animal or a person.
| The dog followed the scent.
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| a secret plan
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| school
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| a place where children go to learn.
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| science
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| the study of things in the world; it involves observing, measuring, and experimenting to test ideas.
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| scientist
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| someone who does scientific work.
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| scissors
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| a tool with handles and two blades joined together.
| Scissors are used for cutting things, such as paper and hair.
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| scold
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| to speak to someone angrily because they have done something wrong.
| My father scolded me for being late.
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| scoop
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| to lift something up using your hand or a tool shaped like a deep spoon.
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| score
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| to win points in a game.
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| scorn
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| to show by words or your expression that you do not think much of something or someone.
| The journalist scorned the plans for the power plant.
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| scorpion
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| a small, nocturnal animal that is part of the same animal group as spiders.
| Scorpions usually live in hot regions. They eat insects and spiders that they kill with the poisonous stingers on their tails.
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| scowl
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| to frown in an angry or bad-tempered way
| She scowled when she was given extra homework.
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| scramble
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| to crawl or climb fast, using your hands.
| He scrambled back up the riverbank.
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| scrap
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| a small piece of something
| scraps of paper
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| scrape
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| to drag an object across something, often removing part of the surface.
| Scraping wallpaper off the walls.
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| scratch
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| to make a mark on the surface of something with a sharp object.
| The cat scratched the tree
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| scream
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| to cry out in a loud, high voice because you are frightened or in pain.
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| screen
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| a flat surface onto which moving images are projected.
| Some movie theaters have six screens
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| screw
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| a metal pin used for fastening things together
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| screwdriver
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| a tool for turning screws.
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| script
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| a written version of a play, film, radio, or television show
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| sculpture
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| a piece of art made from wood, stone, metal, or another solid material
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| sea
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| the salt water that covers two-thirds of the Earth’s surface.
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| sea life
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| all the plants and animals that live in the sea or on the seashore.
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| seal
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| a sea mammal usually found in cold seas. Seals eat fish and are excellent swimmers.
| Some seals are clumsy on land, where they move by rolling or sliding along.
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| seal
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| to close something securely or tightly.
| Seal the envelope.
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| search
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| to look hard for something.
| He searched for his ball in the long grass.
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| season
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| one of the four divisions of the year marked by particular kinds of weather.
| Our seasons are spring, summer, fall, and winter
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| seat
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| anything that is used for sitting on.
| child’s car safety seat
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| second
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| a very short period of time.
| There are 60 seconds in one minute.
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