Sadie's Broken Heart

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pondlife:This word is coinage./水中での生き物

similar expression:wildlife

pellet:小さな球、散弾

・pellets of stale bread

soggy：unpleasantly wet and soft

・when it’s wet, it quickly turns soft and soggy and is quite delicious and tummy-filling if you are a duck or a swan.

palace：the official home of a person of very high rank, especially a king or queen - often used in names

wore:past tense of wear

crumb:a very small piece of dry food, especially bread or cake

・ All the ducks and geese could spot a crumb from a mile away

solitary：used to emphasize that there is only one of something [= single]

・ the solitary black swan, sat aloof from the unseemly squabble

aloof ：deliberately [= on purpose, intentionally]not becoming involved in something
unseemly:behaviour is not polite or not suitable for a particular occasion
squabble:to argue about something unimportant [= quarrel

・the solitary black swan, sat aloof from the unseemly squabble, and admired the crown on the little princess’s head.

this time, I wrote the word I did't understand. because I have't finished read,,