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from “Zlata’s Diary”Vocabulary
Shining Star, Book A
UNIT 4, Part 2
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
p. 155
ambulance
• An ambulance drove the sick and injured people to the hospital.
• a special vehicle that drives sick and injured people to the hospital
madness
• The war killed many people and achieved little. It was madness.
• crazy times; chaotic
massacre
• Hundreds of people were killed in the massacre.
• mass killings (when many people died from an attack)
negotiate
• The two presidents must negotiate to end the war between their countries.
• meet and discuss a problem
peace
• People were happy when the war was over and there was peace again.
• no war; no fighting
suffering
• War causes a lot of pain and suffering for many people.
• difficult, hard times
from “Zlata’s Diary”
pp. 156 - 161
shells
• bombs
sorrow
• sadness
grown-ups
• adults
Emergency Clinic
• a place to go for emergency medical attention
nag
• someone who asks for something again and again
disappointed
• sad because you expected something different
were beside ourselves
• were very worried
I’ve got a lump in my throat
• I feel like crying
knot in my tummy
• bad feeling about something
madhouse
• a place where everyone seems crazy
tearing our hair out
• feeling very worried
dismembered bodies
• bodies with no arms or legs
the “kids”
• Zlata’s slang for the politicians
outwit
• be more clever than someone; trick
wind up
• end up with; finally be
colleagues
• people you work with
expelled
• forced to leave
berserk
• crazy
walking my feet off
• walking a lot
Czerny, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin
• famous composers who wrote piano music
I’ll give it my all
• I’ll do my best
for ages
• for a long time
the shortage of
• not enough
back to earth
• not dreaming; back to reality
scattered
• in many different places
latter
• the second of two things mentioned
• Example:– There were hot dogs and hamburgers. I
preferred the latter.
wrinkles
• lines in the face
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