The Most Mature Thing I've Ever Seen

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no man's land (para 5)

• an area that is empty of people

• an area that does not belong to anyone

• an area that no one is allowed to enter

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cliques (para 3)

• classes

• close-knit groups of like-minded people

• inner circles

• gangs

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dazed (para 15)

• blurred

• stunned

• horrified

• bewildered

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pinned down (para 15)

• unable to react

• unable to talk

• unable to stand

• unable to move

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claimed (para 16)

• stated a truth while providing evidence

• stated something without providing evidence

• stated a lie without providing evidence

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scattered (para 23)

• spread out across an area

• spread out on the ground

• spread out in the air

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steadied (para 24)

• praised

• balanced

• carried

• held

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rigidly (para 21)

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deafening (para 23)

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Pick out the sentence from the paragraph below that shows that Lisa managed to survive her first morning at school with some effort.

But Lisa had made it through the morning. Hearing the lunch bell, she sighed and entered the crush of students in the hall. She weaved her way to her locker and tried her combination lock five times before it banged open.

• She sighed and entered the crush of students in the hall.

• She weaved her way to her locker.

• Lisa had made it through the morning.

• It banged open.