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ESL 47B Unit 2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| advice | give suggestions or information to help someone with a problem |
| attend | to go to an event or class, to help someone like a patient or customer |
| become | to grow or develop or change into something different or new |
| decide | make a choice or plan |
| develop | to grow or change into something bigger, stronger or to design or create a plan or project |
| fail | to not be successful at something |
| free (adj) | without limits or cost |
| give up | surrender, stop trying to do something |
| government | a group of people who govern or control a state or country |
| grow up | to develop from being a child to being an adult, to mature |
| hope (n) | a feeling of wanting something to happen or be true and believing that it is possible or likely |
| inspire | to encourage or say something positive to someone making them feel confident and excited to do something |
| leader | someone in control |
| motivated | to feel interested and ready to do something |
| mystery | something unexplainable or a secret |
| primary school | elementary school for ages 5 to 12 usually |
| program (n) | a television show, a computer code giving instructions, a planned series of events |
| record (v) | to take a voice or music and create a copy of it, to set down information (sound, video, data, or writing) in a permanent or lasting form for future use |
| skill | talent, an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practiced it |
| solve | to find or provide a way of dealing with a problem or find a solution to a problem or mystery |
| forest | an area of many trees grouped together |
| carry | to hold something in your arms or hands and take somewhere |
| follow | to go, walk, drive behind or after someone else or to come after something else (seguir) |
| brush | verb... to use an object with bristles or hand to smooth or untangle or clean something like hair or teeth. |
| wash | to clean with soap and water |
| gist | The main idea or point of the reading or message. |
| scan | Reading quickly to find specific information. |
| skim | Reading quickly to get a general idea or the gist of the reading. |
| talk to the text | Annotating the text by writing your ideas and questions and reactions in the margins, underlining key points and circling unknown words. |
| margin | area of blank space around the readings |
| strategy | plan or method to help you achieve a goal |
| keyword | important word that helps you understand the topic and gist |
| paragraph | a section of writing or sentences that has a topic sentence and follows that main idea |
| passage | A short section of a longer reading like a book or article (might be a paragraph or longer) |
| caption | text or title that explains a picture, graph or illustration |