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approach
used in Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)

6 uses
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Definition
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
  • Dangerous, but only if approached.
    Chapter 27 (90% in)
approached = someone gets near
  • Through her mask, she reports that unfortunately a study has just today determined that the mines of District 13 are still too toxic to approach.
    Chapter 11 (99% in)
    • approach = get near
  • I can hear other footsteps approaching.
    Chapter 19 (29% in)
    • approaching = coming
  • It continues to approach at a steady pace.
    Chapter 20 (98% in)
    • approach = get near
  • We walk down the nearest sand strip, approaching the Cornucopia with care, just in case the Careers are concealed there.
    Chapter 23 (29% in)
    • approaching = moving nearer
  • I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow.
    Chapter 27 (99% in)
approach = get near
There are no more uses of "approach" in Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire).

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