Three Keys vocabulary practice

“You’d think now that we were making money, my parents would stop bickering.” (page 2)

• talk calmly

• argue about petty and trivial matters.

• physically fighting

“But it was 102 degrees outside, and I could feel the car’s air conditioning beckoning me from the sidewalk.” (page 12)

• calling after

• yell to someone

• make a motion with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come here

• waving your arms in order to get someone's attention

“My dad sighed. I could tell he was disappointed I had forgotten yet another remnant of the old country.” (page 24)

• a small remaining quantity of something.

• a city in a country

• memory

“My mom smelled of sesame oil and Lysol, which must have been a very peculiar smell to them. To me, it smelled like home.” (page 25)

• smelly

• pleasant

• silly

• strange or odd

“When at last I could feel my pants about to pop, my dad got up and settled the bill before any of his friends could protest.” (page 32)

• to physically fight

• to express an objection to what someone has said or done.

• rioting

“No, no, no, that’s a terrible idea.” Dad vetoed. “We’re not spending money before we have it.” (page 34)

• to refuse to accept or allow

• to ignore

• to yell

“Hank had a forlorn look on his face. ‘Yeah, but they didn’t want to sell to me,’”

• to look happy

• to look confused

• to look sad and abandoned or lonely.

• to look excited

“I figured shaved ice was another Chinese concoction, one I’d hopefully remember when I tasted it.”

• recipe

• a mixture of various ingredients or elements.

• tradition

“ ‘Pity, because it’s so nice,’ her friend lamented. She glanced down at the tag and added, ‘And cheap too,’” (page 48)

• to complain

• to express sorrow for

• to sob uncontrollably

• to yell with excitement

“I furrowed my eyebrows, not sure what he meant.” (page 61)

• to raise

• marked with lines or wrinkles; confusion

• to wipe