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I have a list of definitions at the beginning of each lesson, and they have an exercise that follows afterwards. There is a dotted line between the definition and the exercise that goes with it.

I don’t think I should nest the exercise with the definition that it follows because of the dotted line between them. The definitions are going to be 1-5, 3-5. I was going to put a blank line after the definition and put the exercise that follows in 1-3. Some of the definitions don’t have an exercise after them, but most of them do. Here is an example of a definition with an exercise after it, and a definition that follows without an exercise. There is a shape indicator before the exercises.

Study the definitions of the words. Then do the exercises that follow.

avid adj. 1. Having a strong desire for, to the point of greed.

av' id Avid for the attention of their babysitter, the children shouted and tumbled

about on the floor.

2. Eager; enthusiastic.

Kiara is an avid skateboarder who spends each weekend at the park.

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Tell your partner about a hobby or sport you are avid about.

brusque adj. Abrupt in manner or speech; gruff.

brusk The coach’s brusque speech at halftime showed how unhappy he was with the

players.

brusqueness n. The quality or state of being brusque.

With a brusqueness unlike her, Melanie ended the phone conversation.

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