A Convict's Tale

                         (Chapters 3-4-5-6 )

Buns: paste sweet and fluffy, made with flour, eggs, yeast and other ingredients, which may have different forms.

Icing: cooking technique that involves covering food with a shiny substance, often sweet.

Tray: shallow bowl, flat bottom and edges low that serves to bring, serve or present things, especially food.

Logs: strong central stem and solid of trees and shrubs.

Unfair: that is not fair or not work fairly.

Blanket: large quadrangular piece of  thick and dense tissue that serves to shelter, especially in bed.

Scar: sign or mark left on the skin after closing a wound.

Cheek: fleshy part of the human face, located on either side of it, from the cheekbone to jaw.

Deck: which is or is placed on top of another to cover it.

Sickness: uncomfortable feeling in the stomach that is experienced when you are feeling sick and often culminates in vomiting.

Yard: space covered open or inside a building that give some rooms.

Fence: construction made of any material to fence off land, farm...

 

Brick: piece of baked clay, generally rectangular prism form, which is used in building walls, pillars...

Bruises: skin stain, purplish blue color, which is caused by the accumulation of blood or other bodily fluid, as a result of a knock or other causes.

A Convict's Tale 

                             (Chapters 1-2)

Sewer: underground aqueduct designed to extract domestic sewage or other waste water.

Butler: the main servant in charge of protecting a house.

Rings: the rings are a change in skin color in the area just under the eyes, usually a darkening.

Guilty: which it is the cause or reason of an act that causes damage or injury.

Nappy: absorbent garment worn to sanitize and avoid environmental contamination due to waste a body.

Laundry maid: person in charge of laundry.

Housekeeper: it is responsible for supervising other employees of the house as maids and gardeners.

Tablecloth: it is a cover of linen, cotton, plastic or other material, which is placed on the table to eat.

Sheet: large canvas cotton, linen or synthetic materials with which the bed is dressed.

Mangle: it is a kitchen utensil usually located next to the sink that is used to air-dry the dishes, glasses, cutlery and other accessories that are wet.

                            UNIT 3: Against the law 

GLOSSARY: 

Law: Rule or standard set by a higher authority to regulate, in accordance with the law, an aspect of social relations.

Lawyer: Person legally authorized to advise and defend the rights and interests of another person.

Judge: Person who has authority to judge and sentence and is responsible for apply laws.

Murder: Crime that consist in to kill a person..

Pickpocket: Person that stealing wallets and purses to pedestrians and use their ability to not be discovered.

Mugger: Person that assault or attack others.

Hooligans: Committing antisocial acts to cause discomfort or injury to others, especially in public acts. 

Hijacker: Who commits a kidnapping.

Handcuffs: Object formed by two metal rings linked together by a chain to hold wrists of the prisoners. 

                                       GLOSARY 

Tectonic plates: One tectonic plate is a piece of lithosphere that moves as a rigid block without internal deformation  on the asthenosphere (upper mantle or outer) from Earth. 

Rub against each other 

The World's series: The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball  (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion.

Fall: autum. 

Ripple: Relief of a land on which elevations and depressions occur.

Double deckers

Running water: Drinking water that comes out of the taps of the houses. 

Flashlight: Portable lighting apparatus that works on batteries or electric batteries. 

Canned food: food products that are in a package which retains its physical and chemical properties for longer.

Windshield: Front glass of an automobile, which protects occupants when they are driving .

Harmful: That causes or may cause moral or material damage.

                                 GLOSSARY

Wheat:  Is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East but now cultivated worldwide.

Hazelnut: The nut of the hazel.

Flu: Infectious, acute and contagious disease caused by a virus that attacks the respiratory system and causes fever, headache and a feeling of general discomfort.

Stork: Bird up to 1 m tall, white with black wings, neck, beak and long legs, which often nest in towers, bell towers and tall trees; It is migratory.

 

Suffer: Experience something that causes physical or mental pain or discomfort.

Landmarks: Architectural or sculptural building, usually large, which has great historical and artistic value.