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You don't, I suppose, want to stop at this time of day?" "Yes, let us go to sleep," he muttered. ... No, were you to offer me a million for one embrace, I would refuse you. It's all over, I have something better there. ...
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stop and go yes and no
by Brian P. Cleary
illustrated by Brian Gable
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Antonym:
A word that
means the
opposite of
d
another wor
by Brian P. Cleary
illustrated by Brian Gable
J M ILLBROOK P RESS / M INNEAPOLIS
Antonyms are opposites—
they’re words like
stop and g
o.
fferent those word
di sa
how r
ee
e?
S
yes and no.
Th ey’re just like
Big and small
are antony ms,
and so
ar e
f r ont
and back
,
fast
and
slow
and
high
and
low,
as well as wh ite and black.
Up and down
are antonyms
e xcite and sooth e,
just like
left and righ t
and dark and light,
and also
r o ugh
and
smooth .
If it weren’t for opposites,
we’d have no way to say,
“I’d like to h ave
my chocolate h ot,
cold today!”
’cause it’s so
And wh at if we could only
ev er say th at we w
er e
sad
?
B ecause of antonyms,
when things are righ t,
ad .
we’l l say we
’r e gl
Like safe
dangerous,
compared to
h eavy is to light,
like
y to bold
sh
and
young to old
dim to brigh t,
and even
th ey’re opposite
in meaning
as in
quie tly
and loudly.
Th ey show a total contrast
just like
shamefully
and
proudly.
Sometimes antonyms
are made
with “un” before a word.