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My Life in Dog Years~

Unbashedly:

A

Not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one’s position

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My Life in Dog Years~

Dedication-

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A written piece at the beginning of a piece of literature or a performance

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My Life in Dog Years~

Lead dog:

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First dog in a sled dog team

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My Life in Dog Years~

Mandatory:

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You have to do it

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My Life in Dog Years~

Cookie:

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Was paulsen’s lead dog and when Gary fell through the ice, cookie saved him.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Philippine Islands-

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An archipelago of 7,083 islands in the pacific, southeast of china.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Haggle-

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To bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Civilian-

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A person who is not on active duty.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Ravaged-

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Destroyed

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Devastated-

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Also destroyed.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Evolved-

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To develop gradually.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Conical-

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Having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Jauntily-

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Easy and sprightly in manner of bearing.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Snowball:
Who was snowball?

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Gary’s first dog in the Philippines.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Dirk:
Predatory-

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Living by killing and eating, or stealing.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Dirk:
Menace-

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A dangerous or possibly harmful person or thing, threatening.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Dirk:
Impasse-

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A situation in which no progress seems possible

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My Life in Dog Years~
Dirk:
Brindled-

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Having faint dark streaks or spots on a gray or light brown background.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Dirk:
Who is dirk?

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An alley dog that Gary befriends and dirk protects him.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Rex:
Palomino

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A horse with a golden coat, a white mane and tail, white markings on face and legs, developed chiefly in the southwestern U.S.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Rex:
Perversion

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The act of perverting

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My Life in Dog Years~
Rex:
Materialized

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To come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Rex:
Veld

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The open country

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My Life in Dog Years~
Rex:
Forays

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A quick raid, usually for taking plunder.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Rex:
Who is Rex?

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A dog at the farm Gary worked at.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Caesar:
Disseminating

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To scatter or spread widely

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My Life in Dog Years~
Caesar:
Moot

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Open to discussion or debate.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Caesar:
Emaciated

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A thinness cause by bad nutrition or disease

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My Life in Dog Years~
Caesar:
Montage

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The technique of combining in a simple composition, to give the illusion that they belonged together originally.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Caesar:
Who was Caesar?

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A crazy Great Dane paulsen has that loves hot dogs!

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My Life in Dog Years~
Fred:
Who was Fred?

A

A determined dog that becomes best friends with a pig.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Quincy:
Misgivings

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A feeling of doubt

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My Life in Dog Years~
Quincy:
Convoluted

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Twisted, coiled

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My Life in Dog Years~
Quincy:
Devious

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Departing from the most direct way

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My Life in Dog Years~
Quincy:
Daunting

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To overcome with fear, intimidate

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My Life in Dog Years~
Quincy:
Who was Quincy?

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A determined ratty looking dog that protects Gary’s wife from a bear.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Josh:
Quintessential

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The pure and essential essence of something

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My Life in Dog Years~
Josh:
Disconcerting

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Disturbing to ones composure, upsetting.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Josh:
Tethered

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A rope by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so to limit it’s movement

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My Life in Dog Years~
Josh:
Facile

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Moving with superficiality.

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My Life in Dog Years~
Josh:
Who was Josh?

A

A loving border collie that seems to be a person.

41
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Whispers from the Dead~

Deduction

A

the act or process of deducting; subtraction.

42
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WFTD

Sleuth

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a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.

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WFTD

Evidence

A

that which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof.

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WFTD

Alibi

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an excuse, especially to avoid blame.

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WFTD

Witness

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to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of.

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WFTD

Motive

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something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.

47
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WFTD

Stool Pigeon

A

A spy or informer

48
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WFTD

Who was the boy Sarah met and went out with in Houston?

A

Tony

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WFTD

What was Sarah’s first reaction to the new house?

A

She was frightened

50
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WFTD

How many murders occurred in Sarah’s house?

A

Two

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WFTD

To divert attention

A

Red herring

52
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Gee

A

Turn right

53
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Haw

A

Turn left

54
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Alliance

A

To form a bond

55
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Series if events in stories

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Plot

56
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Play on words

A

Pun

57
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Rigging

A

All the lines when dog sledding

58
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A light, tame mystery

A

Cozy mystery

59
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5x woman iditarod winner

A

Susan butcher

60
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Antagonist

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Opposing character

61
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The difference, according to paulsen, in men & animals

A

Fire!

62
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Publuc begging of race

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Anchorage

63
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When was the serum run?

A

1925

64
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Where was the serum run going?

A

Nome

65
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Who is Ike?

A

He is the stray black lab that Gary becomes friends with and hunts with him.

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