satellite dish
Americannoun
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He put up a satellite dish, and a solar panel to charge the batteries for a flashlight, a cell phone, and a laptop computer.
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Next morning, coconuts were scattered over the beach and the hut had a dent in the roof, but the solar panel was safe and the satellite dish, sitting above the hut like a fat white coconut, was still waiting for messages to bounce across the world and into Jack’s e-mail.
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Now there was a cut on his head and the satellite dish was gone.
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And if the satellite dish was gone, his phone wouldn’t work, and he must go home to Nim.
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Took my satellite dish, a bit of my rudder, and a chunk of my forehead.
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