Vocabulary Practice

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Cricket in Times Square

• Vocabulary Practice

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My grandma looked at her wedding pictures ______.
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• wistfully adverb in a sadly longing way,
  yearningly

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Sorry, Wrong Channel
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______ is not a polite thing to do.
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• eavesdropping noun listening to other people
  talking without letting them know you are
  listening

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My room is a _____ of toys and books, so I have
to clean it.
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• jumble noun a confused mixture or condition,
  mess

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When we heard ______ from upstairs, we knew
Grandpa had finished his nap.
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• scuffling noun the sound of feet shuffling

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The critic was unhappy with the new artists
painting so he spoke ______ about them.
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• scornfully adverb in a way that shows that
  something or someone is looked down upon and
  considered bad or worthless

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Carole is an _______ from camp.
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• acquaintance noun a person one knows, but who
  is not a close friend

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When it rains, I do the _______ thing and put my
bicycle in the garage.
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• logical adjective sensible, being the action
  or result one expects

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Cable TV
News stand - noun - An open booth or stand at
which newspapers and periodicals are sold
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Subway - noun - An underground urban railroad,
usually operated by electricity.
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Neon Signs noun - signs that are crafted by
the of bending tubing into shapes, filled with
neon gas.
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Cement noun - A building material which can be
mixed with water and poured to set as a solid
mass or used as an ingredient in making mortar
or concrete
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Formerly Long acre Square, Times Square entered
the nation's consciousness in 1904, when it was
renamed after the New York Times building that
became the cornerstone of the new district at the
crossroads of Broadway and 7th Avenue
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Times Square is now most famous for its New
Years Eve Celebration, which started in 1904
with the dropping of a lighted globe at Midnight
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Times Square is also central to the Broadway
Theater also known at the Great White Way
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Other sights - a Nedicks Lunch Counter
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See you next week
Susan Ging Lent Production