A CONVICT´S TALE: GLOSSARY

Deck: a floorlike surface taking up one level of a hull of a vessel.

Sweat: perspiration.

Despair: loss of hope.

Cheer up: to become or make happier.

Fence: a barrier enclosing or surrounding a field usually made of posts and wire or wood.

Proudly: feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something thought of as bringing credit or honor to oneself.

Tear: to be pulled apart or in pieces by force.

Fear: a distressing emotion aroused by impending, danger, evil, pain,...

UNIT 5: GLOSSARY

Seal: anything that close or secures a thing.

Slice: a thin, flat piece cut from something.

Rinse: to wash lightly, as by pouring water over as a final stage in washing.

UNIT 4: GLOSSARY

Screw: a nail-like metal fastener, having a thin end with a spiral groove and a head with a slot.

Sneeze: to produce air or breath suddenly, forcibly, and loudly through the nose and mouth by involuntary action.

Wasp: a slender winged insect with a narrow abdomen and a powerful sting.

Sting: to prick or wound a person or an animal with a sharp-pointed part of the body that often contains poison or venom.

Run out: to be finished.

Beard: hair growing on the lower part of the face.

Naughty: disobedient.

Carnations: a plant having long-stalked, fragant flowers in a variety of colors.

A CONVICT¨S TALE: GLOSSARY

Starving: to die from lack of food.

Convict: a person found guilty of a crime and serving a sentence in prison.

Knit: to make a fabric by joining or interlocking loops of yarn by hand with knitting needles or by machine.

Hanging: the act of instance of executing a condemned prisoner by suspension by the neck from a noose until dead.

To get rid of: to become free of.

Nightmare: a frightening or terrifying dream that produces feelings of great fear and anxiety.

UNIT 4: GLOSSARY

Baldheaded: a person without hair in his or her head.

Regret: to feel sorrow or remorse for.

Clause: a group of words containing a subject and predicate and forming either a part of a sentence or a whole simple sentence.

Tender: soft or delicate in substance.

Tough: difficult to chew, not tender.

Wrinkles: a small crease in the skin.

Delusion: a false belief or opinion.

Self-esteem: a realistic respect for or favorable impression of oneself.

Crave: want greately.

Isolation: to set or place apart.

Glistening: shining.

Dumb: stupid, silly.

Chill: a feeling or sensation of cold.

Skipping: the act of jumping over a rope that is held and swung either by the person jumping or by two other people, as a game or for exercise.

Hopscotch: a game in which a child hops around a diagram drawn on the pavement to pick up a small object, as a stone or stick, that was previously thrown down in one part of the diagram.

UNIT 3: GLOSSARY

Attorney: lawyer.

Pickpocket: one who steals from the pockets of people.

Mugger: one who assaults a person in order to rob him or her.

Burglar: one who breaks into a house, a office, or another to steal.

Hooligan: a rough lawless young person.

Hijacker: one who steal an airplane or other vehicle by threat or by force, for ransom or political aims.

Notice: observation.

Hose: a flexible tube for carrying a liquid to a desired point.

Passer-by: a person that is passing or going by on foot.

Crew: a group of people working together.

UNIT 2: GLOSSARY

Drown: to flood or cover over with liquid.

Put out: to extinguish.

Break out: to begin suddenly.

Collapse: to fall suddenly.

Homeless: having nowhere to live.

Shelter: the protection or safety given by such a thing.

Bustling: busy.

Docks: the space or waterway between two wharves, such as for receiving a ship while in port.

Chase: to follw rapidly or intently in order to overtake.

Ash: finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption.

Strand: to leave in a helpless position.