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Jazz Vocabulary 2. Schmitt. accomplish. Accomplish (verb). To quit is to fail to accomplish your goal. To succeed in doing or achieving something. quartet. Quartet (noun). The quartet was half complete with two people. A group of four people who sing or play music together. Summary.
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Jazz Vocabulary 2 Schmitt
Accomplish (verb) • To quit is to fail to accomplish your goal. • To succeed in doing or achieving something.
Quartet (noun) • The quartet was half complete with two people. • A group of four people who sing or play music together
Summary (noun) • A resume is a summary of a person’s work experience. • A short statement that tells the main points of something.
Blacksmith (noun) • Before cars were invented, a blacksmith, or smithy, had a lot of business making horseshoes. • A person who works with iron
Tremble (verb) • Sometimes I tremble when I get extremely excited, scared, nervous, or cold. • To shake with cold or emotion
Gig (noun) • A permanent job, such as being the bandleader for the Tonight Show, is considered a gig. • Slang for a temporary performing job
Scramble (verb) • We watched a circus clown scramble up ladder and dive from a platform into a small barrel of water. • To move in a hurried or awkward way, usually on all fours
Alley (noun) • Dad parks his car in the alley behind the store where he works. • A narrow passageway behind or between buildings
Mule (noun) • A mule is usually unable to have its own offspring because it is a mixture of two types of animals. • An offspring of a horse and a donkey
Cloak • Mom made me a black cloak , or cape, to wear as part of my Halloween costume. • A loose, long outer piece of clothing, usually without sleeves, worn over the shoulders
Eaves (noun) • Gutters, which are located under the eaves of a house, catch and carry away rain water. • The low edges of a roof that meet or hang over the walls of a building