Paula Danzinger - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - Maksim

Hello Ms. S. This time I was the VOCABULARY ENRICHER. We read 17th and 18th chapter. If you can’t find something the first is the page that the word is in, the second is the actual word, the third is the explanation and the fourth is the sentence. Some of the words are pretty easy because there were no hard ones.  So here are my words

Page 128/ Profound/ Entering deeply into subjects of thought; having deep insight or understanding/ Ms. Tharp is a really profound thinker.

Page 131/ bleeding-heart causes (idiom)/ a person who makes an ostentatious or excessive of pity or concern for others/ Ms. Finney was a bleeding heart cause.

Page 133/ American Civil Liberties Union/ an organization founded in 1920 to defend the civil rights of all U.S. citizens.(ACLU)/ The ACLU organization defended lots of American Communists and Nazis.

Page 134/ picketing/a post that is used in a fence or barrier/ If there were thousands of us picketing maybe we could stop them.

Page 136/ Pledge of Allegiance/a solemn oath of allegiance or fidelity to the U.S./ The accused refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Page 136/ moreover/in addition to what has been said, besides (it often stands behind this sign;) / They were killing lots of animals; moreover they started torturing them.

Page 138/ outburst/ a public disturbance; riot/ They're planning a big outburst by demonstrating.

Page 138/ auditorium/it is the space set apart for the audience in a school or a theater/If there was a fire, the auditorium would be cleared in four minutes.

Page 138/lobby/entrance hall, corridor/ After the attack they had to push hardly to get through the lobby.

Page 140/ carpenter/ a person who builds or repairs wooden structures/ The carpenter came yesterday and fixed the barn.

Page 141/hush/to become silent or quiet/ They all hushed at the same time.

Page 141/clenched/to close (hands, teeth) tightly/ He clenched his teeth as they hit him.

Page 141/precedent/ a legal decision/ He can’t make a precedent as he doesn't have enough evidence.

Page 144/to walk in someone’s shoes (idiom)/ it means that you put yourself in somebody’s position/ You can’t understand her until you've walked in her shoes.