Unit-7, Lesson-2
Fires (ardors, fervors, energies) swept over
the prairies any time during practically (basically,
virtually)ten months a year, although the worst were usually in the fall,
with the grass standing high and rich in oily seeds. The prairie fires could be
set by lightning, by the carelessness of greenhorns (novices, tenderfoots) in the country, by sparks (stimuli, catalysts, spurs) from the
railroads, and by deliberate malice (spite,
cruelty, malevolence). Once started the heat of the fire created a high
wind that could sweep it
over a hundred miles of prairie in an incredibly short
time. Settlers(colonizes, immigrants)
soon learned to watch the horizon for the curling 117 smoke rising from prairie grass. At the
first sign of this, everyone hurried to the flames with water barrels(tubes, casks, vats, butts, drum), gunnysacks, hoes and particularly p loughs to dig furrows so as to prevent the fire from spreading. Even more
important was the awareness (cognizance,
sentience) of the danger ahead of time, early enough so fireguards were
ploughed (wrought, reinvested)
around the homestead, at least around (round)the
buildings.
Regards
Shamsul Huda
Lecturer
City Model College
Dhaka-1204
Bangladesh
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