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sad
forlorn
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a false idea
illusion
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the BFG's term for burping
whizzpopping
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a preserve made from citrus fruit
marmalade
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What plan does Sophie and the BFG come up with to stop the human eating giants?
They decide to give the Queen a dream to show her what the giants are doing at night, and they seat Sophie in the Queen's windowsill to talk to the queen about using the armed forces to capture the giants while they are sleeping.
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very pleasant, charming
winsome
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confused about the situation
boggled
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sleeping
snozzling
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glorious
glumptious
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What does Sophie forget when she's inside the BFG's ear? Why does the BFG scream?
She forgets that he hears everything very loudly. The BFG screams because it hurts when Sophie talks to him while in his ear.
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crazy
cockles
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instrument used to measure temperature
thermometer
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making an object appear blurry by changing lighting
translucent
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What summer time activity is represented by the BFG going and catching dreams in a net and putting them into jars?
catching fire flies
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Why was the queen so frightened after she woke up in the morning?
She was scared because her nightmare came true.
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to be in a hurry
flushbunking
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drink of choice for giants
frobscottle
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an elongated form
oblong
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What did the BFG do with the nightmare he captured?
He gave it to the sleeping Fleshlumpeater.
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How did the soldiers capture the giants and bring them to England?
They captured the giants by tying up the sleeping giants with ropes and attaching them to helicopters. The helicopters
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what dreams are made of
zozimus
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the BFG's word for ridiculous
redunculous
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a quality of being clever
ingenuity
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Why does the BFG label his jars?
so he knows what dreams they hold
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What did the BFG bring for the giants to eat for the rest of their life? How does he know they will have enough of it to feed them forever?
He brought snozzcumbers and snozzcumber seeds. He knew they could plant the seeds so the giants would have snozzcumbers to eat forever.