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7 Cards in this Set
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CONDIMENTS
My mother bought cans of Goya beans, soups and comdiments and cans of libby's fruit juices for us. page 27 |
Guess: Different seasoning to
prepared different food Meaning: Something used to make food, e.g sea- soning, spice etc. |
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HUES
To differentiate between colors, and the darker hues of the snowbearing clouds, but that color drench over the whole period. page 25 |
Guess: Distinguish between
colors. Meaning: Identification of colors that made them to be classed red, yellow, white, etc. |
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LINGERED
We always lingered at La Bodega where mother does groceries to cook food that looks like back home. page 27 |
Guess: Walk around.
Meaning: To remain briefly or reluctant to leave. |
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PHENOMENON
It made no difference between the American phenomenon of ethnic which upset some changes in some parts of Paterson area. page 26 |
Guess: To observed an event.
Meaning: A detectable fact of an event or observa- tion of something that happens. |
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TENEMENT
There, my father found a small apartment in a big tenement that was once for Jewish families but it was taken over by Puerto Ricans overflowing from New York. page 25 |
Guess: Is a building for rent.
Meaning: A building divided into apartment for rent to families. |
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STARTLING
She remembers the noise of the heater pipes that startling them out of sleep until they got used to it. page 25 |
Guess: Fear
Meaning: Causing astonishment, surprise or anxiety. |
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BARRIO
It became my father's idea to get out of the barrio, and never allowed to unite with the people who lived there. page 27 |
Guess: A group of people from
the same origin or neighborhood. Meaning: A city from a spanish speaking country. |
