A Mountain of a Monument

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A Mountain of a Monument

• Vocabulary

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sculpture

• The artist created a sculpture of the towns
  first mayor which will sit in front of the Town
  Hall.

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sculpture

• Carved in stone, wood, marble, or clay

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awesome

• She had just put the finishing touches on her
  huge awesome creation.

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awesome

• extraordinary

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nostril

• She was still reworking the shape of one nostril
  of the mayors nose.

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nostril

• outer opening of the nose

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dedicate

• The townspeople would have a ceremony to dedicate
  the statue.

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dedicate

• recognize in a special ceremony

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hail

• On the big day, she hurried to hail a cab, waving
  frantically as they drove by.

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hail

• call out

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explosives

• Luckily, she arrived just before the explosives
  of the fireworks display went off!

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explosives

• substances for blasting objects apart