The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - Fast and Curious

harness

• to control or make use of natural resources

• to fix or make something without a plan

• a machine that produces electricity

• a very strong wind

gazed

• to be angry or upset and refuse to discuss it

• to damage something by making it extremely dry

• looked at with admiration or surprise

• to flow out very quickly and in large amounts

bearings

• to look at something carefully

• a very strong wind

• a machine that produces electricity

• a machine part in which another part turns or slides

tinker

• to make or fix something without a plan

• a place where old vehicles and metal pieces are kept

• to get control of something and put it to good use

• using unnatural forces or powers to make something happen

generator

• a machine made of a wheel of large blades that rotate to make energy

• a machine that changes one kind of energy into another kind

• a place where old vehicles and metal pieces are kept

• a connection of two parts that allows one to rotate or move

windmill

• a machine made of a wheel of large blades that rotates to make electricity

• a machine that changes one kind of energy into another kind

• a small group of houses that are away from the city

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His grandpa's tales of magic whispered in the pitch-black of his room.

• warmth

• coldness

• darkness

• brightness

 

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William scanned the field for magical beings.

• looked at quickly

• walked through

• waited in

• worked in

 

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The sun scorched the fields, turning the maize to dust.

• warmed

• burned

• cut

• brightened

 

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He found science books filled with brilliant pictures.

• strange

• old

• boring

• colorful