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Thank you We sneak spelling allah shma as you can

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probably imagine spies need to be great and eavesdropping The

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ones with bad hearing don't last very long in the

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business nor in life in general But spies also have

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to be great at writing down what they hear A

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welcome to the shmoop undercover lab for all sorts of

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hi tech spy equipment is being assembled and tested Currently

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we're working on an invisible hand invisible ink device and

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well we need your help testing it out They will

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say a word and you type the correct spelling of

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it in the text box Don't worry We're not all

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spelling bee champs around here We'll also give you a

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sentence and a definition So you know what in the

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world we're talking about All right here we go Betray

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as in the evil agent actually kind of liked grammar

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So he wanted to betray his agency by joining shmoop

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and the definition to turn against someone to be treacherous

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Well done Well if you're a spy you might not

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be captured and killed instantly It's Probably like you know

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sixty forty shot Okay next one register as in it

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Took the agency awhile to register the fact that one

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of their agents had left them without so much as

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a love note Here's the definition have something suddenly makes

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sense or to become aware of something like you just

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became aware of the definition of the word register next

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up adaptable as in it was hard for the agent

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to get used to life and shmoop but luckily he

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was pretty adaptable And it means able to change the

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incredible hulk for example is well uber adaptable specialized He

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learned to specialize in common use something that the agency

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never would have thought A pose comma comey's Alright the

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definition Focus on your study A specific area invisible as

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in shmoop even taught him out of the an invisible

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hand to write an invisible ink The word means not

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visible or not able to be seen by the eye

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Next crimson as in even the weather was better It

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shmoop headquarters He could lie in the sun until he

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turned crimson here's the definition a dark vibrant red A

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quick health tip you do not want to go for

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crimson went tanning just a hair's breadth away from burnt

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sienna Okay moving on Rely for example he learned how

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to rely on a team rather than just work alone

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And it means you have ten done in that situation

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As in the evil agency was upset about this situation

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They worried that their ex agent would give up all

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of their secrets like how they took their coffee and

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where they kept their secret stash of ho hos All

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right here's the definition the state of things What is

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happening Mission as in finally the agency decided they needed

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toe launch a mission to go back and bring your

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runaway jin home definition an operation or special assignment who

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plot thickens essential in order for the agency to succeed

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It was essential that they convinced the ex agent that

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grammar would never be fun as if anyone could possibly

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fall for that here's the definition necessary vital concession As

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in after speaking with him however the agency had to

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make a concession that grammar could in fact be fun

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While they sure came quickly here's the definition the act

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of yielding or conceding to something ashamed as in and

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say it actually enjoyed themselves at some of the agents

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Had to return home a shame it means embarrassed that

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they'd had tails when they would've been hanging between their

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legs Caught there's no way evil could have caught their

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ex spy because he was right Grammar is the bomb

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dot com and the definition past part of simple of

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catch to capture to grasp all right squirm In the

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end shmoop had come out on top once again and

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it plans to continue making the agency squirm for a

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long time and here's the definition the wiggle often in

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discomfort or wind struggling If you've ever watched a nationally

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televised political debate you know what we're talking about and

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finally reform as in perhaps one day evil will reef

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form and not be so stinking evil and the definition

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could change for the better and that's it from uppers

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way to put the agency in its place by putting

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your impressive spelling skills to use now let's Just hope

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they never get any ideas and try to infiltrate shmoop 00:04:14.633 --> [endTime] headquarters again That could spell disaster