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Make Your Point, Jr. > Words in ABC Order > fragile

   Study the word FRAGILE:
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Something fragile can easily break. If you drop it, or even hold it too tightly, it might crumble or fall apart. So, be careful with it, and be gentle!

A fragile glass or vase is so delicate that it will shatter if you drop it. And a fragile leaf is so thin and crispy that you could easily tear it or poke holes in it, even if you don't mean to.


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An egg is fragile. Its shell is so thin that it easily cracks if you push on it. Of course, if you're hatching out of the egg, then you're happy with its fragility!


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Even someone's feelings can be fragile. If you have a friend who cries easily and gets their feelings hurt all the time, then your friend's feelings are fragile.



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fragile needing to be handled gently and carefully so that it doesn't break or get damaged




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  Write a sentence with the word FRAGILE:
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Remember: something fragile is so weak, thin, or small that it easily gets hurt.

Idea 1: "A baby (kind of animal) is fragile, with tiny little (body parts of some kind)."

Idea 2: "If you mail someone (an object of some kind), be sure to write 'FRAGILE' on the package, so that it doesn't get (bend, torn, or broken)."


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