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The Carpenter
Mark
n.
1. the main character of this story
2. a tall, lean man with a finely chiseled jaw and sleek black hair
Carpenter
n.
1. a person who builds wooden structures
2. Mark
Lola
n.
1. one of Mark's customers
2. a young woman with curly blond hair and big, blue eyes
Table
n.
1. an article of furniture
2. what Lola asked Mark to construct
Tuesday
n.
1. the third day of the week
2. the day Mark delivered the table
House
n.
1. a place to live
2. Lola's charming white cottage with a pink birdhouse out front
Bashful
adj.
1. timid
2. the way Mark felt when he first saw Lola
Attracted
v.
1. appealed to by emotions
2. the way Lola felt when she saw Mark
Inside
adv.
1. into the inner part
2. where Lola invited Mark
Living room
n.
1. room used for leisure activities
2. room with a white carpet, two wooden rocking chairs, a brick fireplace, and nothing else
Surprise
n.
1. act of being surprised
2. what Mark felt upon seeing Lola's boring and bare living room
Odor
n.
1. a disagreeable smell
2. what Lola apologized to Mark for, saying she suspected a dead mouse in the wall
Coffee
n.
1. a hot beverage
2. what Lola offered and Mark accepted
Enjoyable
adj.
1. capable of giving pleasure
2. the conversation Lola and Mark shared in which they got to know each other better and Mark received Lola's cell number
Fair
n.
1. a place with expensive food, loud music, and great fun
2. where Mark and Lola planned to go the following Saturday
Here
adv.
1. in this place
2. the place by the rocking chairs where Lola asked Mark to place the table before he left
Outrage
n.
1. feeling of anger
2. what Lola felt when she saw the table
Insane
adj.
1. utterly senseless
2. the heavily designed, multi-colored table that had so many grooves on top it couldn't balance anything
Confusion
n.
1. the state of being confused
2. what Mark felt upon seeing Lola's reaction
Memo
n.
1. a writing containing the terms of the transaction
2. what Mark held up as proof that he had followed the instructions given, though he did have to fix a typo in the writing
Inane
adj.
1. lacking ideas; void
2. the type of table that would have matched Lola's sparse living room
3. what Lola had written in the memo
Dictionary
n.
1. a book giving the meaning of words
2. what Lola advised Mark to use before messing up a customer's order
Knife
n.
1. an instrument for cutting
2. what Lola suddenly pulled out and stabbed Mark with
Kitchen
n.
1. a place equipped for cooking
2. the place in Lola's house that contained all the bodies of people who angered her
Pills
n.
1. rounded mass of medicine to be swallowed whole
2. Lola's schizophrenia meds that sat untouched on top of her fridge
Moral
n.
1. practical lesson in a tale
2. Dictionaries save lives
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