A Big-City Dream
Terms
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copy deck
- advice
- help; opinion about how to solve a problem
- balancing
- keeping level or equal
- blisters
- swellings in the skin caused by burning or rubbing
- bodega
- a small Hispanic shop which sells groceries and beverages
- catalog
- a list of items (with a description of each item)
- celebrate
- to do something special in honor of a special person or day
- denim
- fabric (usually blue) used to make jeans
- energetic
- full of energy
- graffiti
- drawings and writings on fences or buildings
- impatient
- not patient; not wanting to wait
- impressed
- had a strong effect on someone's mind or feelings
- introduce
- help two or more people meet each other
- nervous
- uneasy
- padlock
- a lock that can be put on and taken off
- pennant
- a type of flag
- progress
- improvement
- tongue
- found in the bottom of the mouth; used for tasting, chewing, swallowing, and speaking
- rattletrap
- something (like an old car) that is rickety or full of rattles
- pipe dream
- something that is made up; something that is a waste of time
- earsplitting
- a noise that hurts the ears; a sharp, loud noise
- sketch
- roughly drawn out
- husky
- large or big
- script
- handwriting
- "horses" around
- plays in a rough way
- hustle-bustle
- hurrying about
- seedling
- a young plant grown from a seed