1. from Zlatas Diary Vocabulary Shining Star, Book A UNIT 4, Part 2

2. VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT p. 155

3. ambulance An ambulance drove the sick and injured people to the hospital. a special vehicle that drives sick and injured people to the hospital

4. madness The war killed many people and achieved little. It was madness. crazy times; chaotic

5. massacre Hundreds of people were killed in the massacre. mass killings (when many people died from an attack)

6. negotiate The two presidents must negotiate to end the war between their countries. meet and discuss a problem

7. peace People were happy when the war was over and there was peace again. no war; no fighting

8. suffering War causes a lot of pain and suffering for many people. difficult, hard times

9. from Zlatas Diary pp. 156 - 161

10. shells bombs

11. sorrow sadness

12. grown-ups adults

13. Emergency Clinic a place to go for emergency medical attention

14. nag someone who asks for something again and again

15. disappointed sad because you expected something different

16. were beside ourselves were very worried

17. Ive got a lump in my throat I feel like crying

18. knot in my tummy bad feeling about something

19. madhouse a place where everyone seems crazy

20. tearing our hair out feeling very worried

21. dismembered bodies bodies with no arms or legs

22. the kids Zlatas slang for the politicians

23. outwit be more clever than someone; trick

24. wind up end up with; finally be

25. colleagues people you work with

26. expelled forced to leave

27. berserk crazy

28. walking my feet off walking a lot

29. Czerny, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin famous composers who wrote piano music

30. Ill give it my all Ill do my best

31. for ages for a long time

32. the shortage of not enough

33. back to earth not dreaming; back to reality

34. scattered in many different places

35. latter the second of two things mentioned Example: –There were hot dogs and hamburgers. I preferred the latter.

36. wrinkles lines in the face