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from “Zlata’s Diary” Vocabulary. Shining Star, Book A UNIT 4, Part 2. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT. p. 155. ambulance. An ambulance drove the sick and injured people to the hospital. a special vehicle that drives sick and injured people to the hospital. madness.

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  1. from “Zlata’s Diary”Vocabulary Shining Star, Book A UNIT 4, Part 2

  2. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT p. 155

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

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

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

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

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

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

  9. from “Zlata’s Diary” pp. 156 - 161

  10. shells • bombs

  11. sorrow • sadness

  12. grown-ups • adults

  13. Emergency Clinic • a place to go for emergency medical attention

  14. nag • someone who asks for something again and again

  15. disappointed • sad because you expected something different

  16. were beside ourselves • were very worried

  17. I’ve got a lump in my throat • I feel like crying

  18. knot in my tummy • bad feeling about something

  19. madhouse • a place where everyone seems crazy

  20. tearing our hair out • feeling very worried

  21. dismembered bodies • bodies with no arms or legs

  22. the “kids” • Zlata’s slang for the politicians

  23. outwit • be more clever than someone; trick

  24. wind up • end up with; finally be

  25. colleagues • people you work with

  26. expelled • forced to leave

  27. berserk • crazy

  28. walking my feet off • walking a lot

  29. Czerny, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin • famous composers who wrote piano music

  30. I’ll give it my all • I’ll do my best

  31. for ages • for a long time

  32. the shortage of • not enough

  33. back to earth • not dreaming; back to reality

  34. scattered • in many different places

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

  36. wrinkles • lines in the face

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