U6 Contemporary Fiction Vocabulary

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aspiration

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the hope of achieving something

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baptize

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to perform a Christian ceremony through which people are named

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chandelier

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a lamp that hangs from the ceiling

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Chinese year of the horse

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the Chinese have a twelve-year cycle where each year is named after an animal

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fancy

Back

nice and probably expensive

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records

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flat discs that store music and can be played aloud

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sobbing

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crying a lot

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character

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the qualities and personality of someone in the book

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theme

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a key subject or idea, usually seen repeatedly in text

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annotate

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to add notes to a text or drawing to explain it or comment on it