Vocabulary Unit 1 Passages

Family man

• Do something again

• A man who puts his family first and spends a lot of time with them

• Difficult

Froze up

• Talking about everyday topics that are noncontroversial

• Do something again

• (for machines) stopped working completely

Making small talk

• (I)Wasn’t good and kind (to others)

• Talking about everyday topics that are noncontroversial

• Stop moving around and live permanently in one place, often getting married

Settle down

• (for machines) stopped working completely

• Talking about everyday topics that are noncontroversial

• Stop moving around and live permanently in one place, often getting married

(my) heart wasn't in the right place

• Difficult

• (I) wasn’t good and kind (to others)

• Stop moving around and live permanently in one place, often getting married

Redo

• Talking about everyday topics that are noncontroversial

• Difficult

• Do something again

Tricky

• Difficult

• ( I)Wasn’t good and kind (to others)

• A man who puts his family first and spends a lot of time with them

Close-knit

• Looked at critically or carefully

• Having a very close and supportive relationship

• Protecting

Under one roof

• The center, or most important part of something

• Deal with (a problem or situation)

• Living in the same house

Tackle

• Having a very close and supportive relationship

• Deal with (a problem or situation)

• A person who arranges meetings between two people in hopes that they will marry