22 Voting in an Election GLOSSARY polling place a building (often a school or library) where people can mark apiece of paper or touch a computer screen to vote in elections * To vote, well need to go the polling place, which is at the public library...
21 Waiting For Exam Results GLOSSARY foregone conclusion expected result; a result that is certain to happen * The team from Eden Prairie has won the championship every year for 10 years,so I feel that this years competition is a foregone conclusion....
19 Things Associated with Autumn GLOSSARY changing of the seasons the period of the time when the weather changesbetween winter/spring, spring/summer, summer/fall, or fall/winter * Lauren enjoys the warm weather living in a tropical town, but she mis...
18 Serving on a Jury GLOSSARY jury a group of people who listen to a legal case and reach an agreement onwhether someone is guilty (did the crime) or innocent (did not do the crime) * The attorney hopes to have a jury with mostly women, because he th...
17 Outsiders Moving In GLOSSARY sick and tired very frustrated and upset about something that continues tohappen or has been happening for a long period of time * Im sick and tired of hearing Isaac complain about his job! to buy up to purchase all of...
15 Doubting Ones Language Use GLOSSARY to come up with to think of; to have an idea about or for something * How did you come up with such a creative marketing campaign? to give it a shot to try to do something, especially when one doesnt think onewi...
15 Doubting Ones Language Use GLOSSARY to come up with to think of; to have an idea about or for something * How did you come up with such a creative marketing campaign? to give it a shot to try to do something, especially when one doesnt think onewi...
14 Looking Back on Ones Life GLOSSARY what do I have to show for it? a rhetorical question (a question one asksoneself, not expecting to receive an answer) one asks when one is disappointedthat one cannot observe the results of ones actions and feels...
13 Improving Your Looks GLOSSARY agent a person whose job is to represent actors, musicians, writers, or othertypes of artist to help them find work * Sara is thinking of becoming a model, but she needs to find a good agent first. potential the possi...
12 Making Ethnically or RaciallyOffensive Remarks GLOSSARY mick a word for an Irish person, usually offensive * Dont call me mick. Im Irish, but that word is an insult! decade a period of 10 years * Which wars were fought in the same decade as the Vi...
