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Lesson C - 44 New Words (most-used: 439-482) 

among   ball   wave   drop   heart   present     heavy   dance   engine   position   arm   wide sail   material   vary   settle   speak   general   ice   matter   circle   include   divide   pick   sudden   count   square   reason   length   represent   art   subject   hunt   brother   egg  ride   cell  believe   forest   race   window   store   summer   train

 

Plus 10 Work Words:  assistant   manager   Hey! annoy  persistent  breakfast  greet   transfer  park  orient

And now, your Lesson C Story ..........Sound...mp3?

 

GETTING TO WORK

 

That evening after dinner, Tim and Gabriella were very happy in their hearts. Tim had a job!  Suddenly everything was wonderful now!

 

"Not so fast," said Nina. That summer night they were all sitting on the front steps of Tim's mother's house, where he lived.  Nina lived close-by, and came over for dinner. "My young brother needs to know a few things," Nina said.

 

"First we find out where that address is." They listened to Nina, she was speaking from experience. She had been working for 7 years and was now an assistant manager in an art materials store.

 

"I know where it is," Tim waved the letter they had given him. "I have the address right here."

 

"You don't want to drop the ball on this one," Nina said. "Not your first day. You better believe they will be watching you. Now, how do you get there?"

 

"On a sailboat," Tim said.

 

Nina's look was like ice.

 

"OK, OK," said Tim. "I'll take the bus."

 

Nina was persistent. "Which bus?"

 

"Hey, what's the reason that you're presenting these heavy questions now?"

 

"This is your general job training," said Nina. "I want you to take the bus there tomorrow."

 

Tim held his arms out wide, in an open position. "But I don't go to work until Monday!"

 

Gabriella pulled his arm. "She has a good idea. I'll go with you."

 

Nina stood squarely in front of them. "Then you'll both leave at 6 tomorrow morning, like I do."

 

"Hey, that's too early," Tim said, annoyed with the subject. "It's just a bus ride!."

 

"You know," Nina said, "I give jobs to people in the my store. Then I watch to see when they come in the first day. The ones who do a dance about how the bus is late do not usually do well on the job. It always happens. It represents that they are not going to be good."

 

Gabriella pulled on Tim's arm again. "I'll pick him up at 6," she said to Nina, to settle the matter. Each women knew the other's thinking.

 

The next morning Tim's mother made him eggs for breakfast at 5.  Gabriella came early so they left right at 6.  The bus came at 6:15.  It was the not the right bus to go to the warehouse. The bus driver told them how to change buses downtown, and gave them pieces of paper so they could transfer to the next bus.

 

"I don't like the length of this ride." Tim said, looking out the window and counting the streets. 

 

It was 7 o'clock and they hunted in the forest of buildings for their next bus stop among circles of people waiting for buses. That included a lot of people who were talking on their varied cells. The engine on the bus they wanted was starting up, and they raced for the bus.

 

"OK, we're here." said Tim, as they got off the bus in a place that had many warehouses.

 

"Not yet," said Gabriella. "We must find the right building." They looked at all the numbers on the many warehouses, and found the right one.

 

"OK, now we're here," said Tim.

 

"Not yet," said Gabriella. "We must look around to find the right way in."

 

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The next Monday morning, Tim took those same buses to work. He was a little early. His new manager, Jerry, came out from behind a room divider and greeted him.

 

"Did you have any problems finding the place ?" Jerry asked.

 

"No, it was easy."

 

"Did you find a place to park?"

 

"I took the bus."

 

"Ok, well, I'll orient you to the warehouse, " Jerry said. "It looks like the other person is not here yet..."

 

40 minutes later the other new person, Fabian, walked in.  He did a little dance, from one foot to the other, and said his bus was late. Jerry said that was OK this time….but it really wasn't.

 

Note: Starting with this lesson, WordMaker™ will show some common Phrasal Verbs from time to time. They are very important, and we'd like you to know the basic form.

 

Also, we have another SayIt™, to practice sounds with stress again.

Now, below are the 44 words, with stresses and definitions:

among -- in the middle of (to Story)
annoy -- when someone does or says things we do not like   (to Story)
arm -- human upper body part, weapon (to Story)
art -- the creation of beautiful or important things (to Story)
assistant - someone who helps the top person
ball -- a round object used in games (to Story)
believe -- to accept as true or real (to Story)
breakfast -- the first thing to eat in the morning  (to Story)
brother -- a male person having the same parents as another (to Story)
cell -- a small material of a whole,i.e. a prison cell, or a mobile phone    (to Story)
circle -- a round line always at the same distance from a central point (to Story)
count -- v. the act of seeing the number of things n. the total number of things counted (to Story)
dance -- to move according to music (to Story)
divide -- separate into parts (to Story)
drop -- n. a small, rounded body of liquid v. to let something fall down (to Story)
egg -- given by birds, also used as a food (to Story)
engine -- a machine that can start others moving (to Story)
forest -- large area of land covered with trees (to Story)
general -- concerning a large number of people or things (to Story)
greet  - to show that you know someone has come to you (to Story)
heart -- the part of the body which moves the blood through the body (to Story)
heavy -- having great weight (to Story)
Hey - a word we use when we want someone to look at us or listen to us  (to Story)
hunt -- to catch or kill animals for food or sport (to Story)
ice -- frozen water (to Story)
include -- to consider as part of something (to Story)
length -- the measure of how long something is (to Story)
manager - the boss who is over a lot of workers
material -- substance used to make up an object (to Story)
matter --   substance, or, subject of action or concern (to Story)
orient  -- to show someone around a place, or tell them a little about a subject area  (to Story)
park - n. a separate piece of ground in a city or town where everyone can come.  v. - to drive a car into its place (to Story)
persistent - working over and over at something; not stopping (to Story)
pick -- to select from a group (to Story)
position -- a place where a thing or person is (to Story)
present -- n. period of time between past and future, or, a gift (present) v. to make a gift (present) (to Story)
race -- a competition of speed (to Story)
reason -- the cause for an action (to Story)
represent -- to stand for (to Story)
ride -- to sit and travel on the back of an animal (to Story)
sail -- a piece of cloth spread to the wind to make a ship move (to Story)
settle -- to choose a house and become established (to Story)
speak -- to give an understandable message (to Story)
square -- a form with four equal sides and right angles (to Story)
store -- a place where you can buy things  (to Story)
subject -- under the power of another (to Story)
sudden -- without warning (to Story)
summer -- the warmest of the four seasons in the North half of the Earth (to Story)
train -- n. connected line of railway cars v. exercising or learning (to Story)
transfer --  to take yourself, or something and change it to another way to get there; taking something from one place and putting it in another.  (to Story)
vary -- be able to change to different things (to Story)
wave -- n. a "hill" of water that moves across the surface of a liquid v. signal with movement of the hand (to Story)
wide -- opposite of narrow, filling much space from end to end (to Story)
window -- a wall opening that lets in light or air (to Story)

WordMaker™

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Phrasal Verbs - combinations of some of the simplest words make other special meanings. Phrasal Verbs are used every day by all English speakers. Here are a few:

Get up - awaken

Get out - leave

Get over - forget

Get in - enter

Get on - step on to something

Bring up - suggest

Bring out - discover

Bring in - attract

Bring down -- take something off a high place

Bring over -  make someone agree to give something

Bring on -  used in a challenge  

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Phrasal Verbs in this story

 drop off  -  leave back. "Drop off the children at school."
pull up (to) - Move to. "The car pulls up to the stoplight."
get away - run from, escape  "They get away from the rain."
hold out (against) - keep back. "Mother holds out.  She gives no candy to the kids.

We know these may be difficult for you in some ways. But every English speaker knows and uses them -- a lot. So we will give you a few now, and a few in the next lessons. 

Phrasal Verb: a verb with some other words after it and getting a different meaning (Up)

Stress: the main point of something; also, saying one syllable most loudly. (Up)

Combination: to put together two things and get a different one (Up)

Third person: after the second person


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