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BEAST

1. Your bete noire (bet nwarr) is likely to give you:
   a pleasant night
   a light that’s bright
   fear and chills
   laughs and thrills

2. An elver (EL-ver) is:
   a youngish eel
   a cable reel
   a church-bell ringer
   a copy-cat singer

3. Avast (uh-VAST) means:
   long and wide
   filled with pride
   lift, then drop
   cease, stop

4. To succor (sucker) is to:
   make a trade
   give someone aid
   patch up a wall
   speak with a drawl

5. The word travail (truh-VALE) is most likely to be used in reference to:
   fast Irish dancing
   secret romancing
   pots aboil
   pain and toil

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