1. Sight Words The Stone Angel Chapter 1 by Hatice Oncel The Stone Angel Chapter 1 by Hatice Oncel

2. feeble / weak and without energy, strength or power / He was a feeble, helpless old man. / weak and without energy, strength or power / He was a feeble, helpless old man.

3. Gold digger  a woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement

4. to use birch for whippings / to beat children

5. No body going to hand you anything on a silver plate / One needs to work in order to succeed

6. to use elbow grease / a lot of physical effort / The polish needs a certain amount of elbow grease to apply. / a lot of physical effort / The polish needs a certain amount of elbow grease to apply.

7. no great shake at / Not very good at

8. fingers be all thumbs / clumsy

9. delicate / easily damaged, easily get sick

10. festoon / decorated

11. to raise Cain / get very angry. / Don’t raise Cain. / get very angry. / Don’t raise Cain.

12. throttle / Strangle, choke

13. gumption / Courage, common sense

14. Surrogate mother / Substitute mother. Substitute pregnancy