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

• The war killed many people and achieved little. It was madness.

• crazy times; chaotic

massacre

• Hundreds of people were killed in the massacre.

• mass killings (when many people died from an attack)

negotiate

• The two presidents must negotiate to end the war between their countries.

• meet and discuss a problem

peace

• People were happy when the war was over and there was peace again.

• no war; no fighting

suffering

• War causes a lot of pain and suffering for many people.

• difficult, hard times

from “Zlata’s Diary”

pp. 156 - 161

shells

• bombs

sorrow

• sadness

grown-ups

• adults

Emergency Clinic

• a place to go for emergency medical attention

nag

• someone who asks for something again and again

disappointed

• sad because you expected something different

were beside ourselves

• were very worried

I’ve got a lump in my throat

• I feel like crying

knot in my tummy

• bad feeling about something

madhouse

• a place where everyone seems crazy

tearing our hair out

• feeling very worried

dismembered bodies

• bodies with no arms or legs

the “kids”

• Zlata’s slang for the politicians

outwit

• be more clever than someone; trick

wind up

• end up with; finally be

colleagues

• people you work with

expelled

• forced to leave

berserk

• crazy

walking my feet off

• walking a lot

Czerny, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin

• famous composers who wrote piano music

I’ll give it my all

• I’ll do my best

for ages

• for a long time

the shortage of

• not enough

back to earth

• not dreaming; back to reality

scattered

• in many different places

latter

• the second of two things mentioned

• Example:– There were hot dogs and hamburgers. I

preferred the latter.

wrinkles

• lines in the face