1 Whatchamacallit? Thingamajig? by Julie Seedorf

Author:Julie Seedorf [Seedorf, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

GLOSSARY

Barreled: to go forward at high speed

Chandelier: a fancy light fixture hanging from the ceiling

Conservative: acting in a normal manner, not weird or strange

Conversations: talking between more than one person

Displeasure: not approve, annoyed

Disapproving: to think something is not right

Dramatic: amazing and larger and more exciting than it is

Encounter: to come upon or meet when you didn’t expect it

Exaggerate: make something seem larger or more exciting than it really is

Foreign language: talking in words from another country that is not English which we speak

Gasping: a short breath used when surprised

Hinges: a piece on a door or gate that swings or swivels or holds the door to the doorway

Imaginary: pretend

Intruder: someone that comes in without being asked

Muttered: to speak in a quiet voice as if talking to yourself

Round Metal Thing: Known as a spindle which connects two old doorknobs through the door.

Sardines: a type of fish in a can preserved in oil and used for food

Silent Communication: A look exchanged between people that shows they understand what the other is thinking.

Soundproofed: Putting something on the walls so people outside cannot hear the noise

Strobe Lights: short, colorful bursts of light that flash on and off.

Tempted: to invite someone to do something they shouldn’t do

The Twist, Hully Gully, Watusi, Pony: Dances from the years of the 1960’s

Tornado: a big storm that blows things in and out and upside down

Urged: to ask to hurry

Victorian House: A house that was built in 1870 to 1875 which was known as the Victorian Period

Wailed: to cry out

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