from Zlatas Diary Vocabulary

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from Zlatas DiaryVocabulary

• Shining Star, Book A
• UNIT 4, Part 2

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VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT

• p. 155

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ambulance

• An ambulance drove the sick and injured people to
  the hospital.
• a special vehicle that drives sick and injured
  people to the hospital

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madness

• The war killed many people and achieved little.
  It was madness.
• crazy times chaotic

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massacre

• Hundreds of people were killed in the massacre.
• mass killings (when many people died from an
  attack)

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negotiate

• The two presidents must negotiate to end the war
  between their countries.
• meet and discuss a problem

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peace

• People were happy when the war was over and there
  was peace again.
• no war no fighting

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suffering

• War causes a lot of pain and suffering for many
  people.
• difficult, hard times

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from Zlatas Diary

• pp. 156 - 161

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shells

• bombs

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sorrow

• sadness

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grown-ups

• adults

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Emergency Clinic

• a place to go for emergency medical attention

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nag

• someone who asks for something again and again

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disappointed

• sad because you expected something different

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were beside ourselves

• were very worried

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Ive got a lump in my throat

• I feel like crying

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knot in my tummy

• bad feeling about something

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madhouse

• a place where everyone seems crazy

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tearing our hair out

• feeling very worried

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dismembered bodies

• bodies with no arms or legs

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the kids

• Zlatas slang for the politicians

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outwit

• be more clever than someone trick

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wind up

• end up with finally be

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colleagues

• people you work with

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expelled

• forced to leave

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berserk

• crazy

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walking my feet off

• walking a lot

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Czerny, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin

• famous composers who wrote piano music

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Ill give it my all

• Ill do my best

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for ages

• for a long time

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the shortage of

• not enough

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back to earth

• not dreaming back to reality

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scattered

• in many different places

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latter

• the second of two things mentioned
• Example
• There were hot dogs and hamburgers. I preferred
  the latter.

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wrinkles

• lines in the face