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paired stories, second series

5: birth injuries
a: Melissa Crawford
vocabulary quiz (KEY)
key to this exercise
story: "Melissa Crawford"

KEY to vocabulary quiz for "Melissa Crawford"
approximately
18
canal
6
catastrophe
20
chronic
19
competent
12
deliver
4
deprive
3
detect
10
diabetes
9
eventually
16
extricate
5
failure
17
faint
7
gestation
11
handicapped
1
induce
13
kidney
8
negligent
14
sacrifice
15
uterus
2
1 because of injury or disease, not able to walk, or see, or understand, etcetera
2 part of a woman's body where a baby grows before it is born; a womb
3 prevent someone from getting something; take something from someone
4 help a woman give birth; bring something to someone
5 remove something from somewhere where it is stuck or trapped
6 a long passage through which something can move; a tube
7 not loud, difficult to hear
8 part of the human body that removes waste and controls water content
9 disease caused by body's inability to remove sugar from blood
10 find or discover something — a previously unnoticed disease for example
11 time during which a baby grows inside its mother's body
12 able to do a good job
13 to make something happen (a birth, for example); persuade
14 being careless when it is your duty to be careful
15 giving something up or going without something in order to help others
16 finally; after a long time; "in the end"
17 not a success; not working properly (a part of the body, for example)
18 around; about; close to
19 a disease that does not go away but does not get worse
20 something very bad happening suddenly