Lesson K words
substance
connect spend
fat share
station bread
charge bar
offer slave
market degree
dear enemy
drink occur
support speech
range steam
motion path
liquid log
shell neck
court tax
education across
society organize
lose stop
already effort
treat limit
purpose situation
stage explain
peace
Business words:
loss stuff discount insurance dock
pilfer confront puddle temperature
rush garbage
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NOTHING, REALLY
"Hey Fabian" said Tim, coming into the
dock area, "What kind of work
occurs today?"
"Easy work" said Fabian. "I
treat you OK, don't I?"
"Yes, " said Tim, "It's a good
situation. Not much
effort. And we
spend a lot of time on breaks."
"Well, that's good
organization," Fabian explained. "We don't have to be
slaves working for bread
and water."
"Yes," said Tim, smiling, "It's been a real
education for me
already,
offering as
little body motion
as we can all
day."
"I've been thinking," said Fabian, "My brother and I have
been getting
fat off our
connections who
market these rejects. We should give
you some share, just to keep the
peace."
Tim took a drink of water. "I don't want to come
across like I don't
support you, but I don't want to
lose this job, you know. I really
don't know the purpose
of those boxes
you pull aside."
"It's nothing, really," Fabian said, holding his hands out. "We're
not the enemy
of
society. The company just writes off
insurance losses for broken
stuff. People just take it down and sell it for big
discounts instead of
throwing
it out. I've got it all on a log
to go out with the
garbage_--."
"I guess I don't need to help on that then," said Tim,
looking away.
"It's a good deal," said Fabian. "I'll tell you about it if
you want. It's just stuff we're
throwing out anyway. No
taxes. No
limits on what you can make really.
Enough extra money to buy nice things for your
dear Gabriella."
Tim wondered for just a second. "She'll be OK," he said.
"You don't need to tell me anything."
"OK" said Fabian, shrugging his shoulders. "It's up to
you…I've got to go out and help my brother now." Fabian
rushed out to the parking lot, while Tim started preparing a new palette for
shipping. Tim was thinking he would have to leave this job very soon.
Fabian came back, and a policeman was behind him with a
gun, holding the back of Fabian's neck.
"Hey, you…stop! You work with this
guy?" the policeman asked,
barring
Tim's path
and
confronting Tim with his
speech.
"He's my supervisor," said Tim.
"What do you do here?" the policeman asked.
"Well, we put boxes onto palettes for shipping. Some of it
is liquid
substance for garden
insects, and a
range
of other things
this company sells."
"You know what he's doing?"
"When?"
"Just now…when he was putting those boxes in his car."
"Something with rejects he pulls aside when we're
putting boxes in the trucks."
"Did you know that is against the law? We can take these guys
to court."
Fabian said to the policeman. "He's not part of
this. He just
works for me on the loading
dock
here."
"At this stage,
I'm taking you to the station," the
policeman said to Fabian. "I'm going to
charge you with pilfering.
You," he said to Tim. "You stay around this workplace, OK?"
The police visited the warehouse later. They were taking
all the owners and managers in cars to the police station. Outside,
temperature had gone up a few
degrees, and the quick rain now left
a few steaming
puddles.
"We're closing this place down now." The policeman said.
"It was just a
shell
of company
anyway, covering for their illegal
activities.
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across -- to the opposite side
(to Story)
already -- by this time
(to Story)
bar -- long piece of solid material, a place where one can
buy and enjoy drinks
(to Story)
bread -- common food
made from wheat
(to Story)
charge -- v. to ask as a price; or, in law, to accuse
(to Story)
confront -- to stand in the way of something
(to Story)
connect -- to join or link
(to Story)
court -- a place where justice is given
(to Story)
dear -- in a close or affectionate relationship
(to Story)
degree -- a position on a scale of
intensity
(to Story)
discount -- taking the price of something down
(to Story)
dock -- a place where trucks, or boats are loaded
(to Story)
drink -- to take in liquids
(to Story)
education -- a development by
training, study or experience
(to Story)
effort -- the use of physical or mental
energy
(to Story)
enemy -- a person or group that hates and
fights another
(to Story)
explain -- to make clear
(to Story)
fat -- oily substance formed in the bodies of living
creatures
(to Story)
garbage -- extra food parts or other
materials that have no value and are thrown away
(to Story)
insurance -- a way to pay something to be sure your loss
will not be big
(to Story)
illegal --
doing something that is against the law
(to Story)
limit -- the point or line where something
ends
(to Story)
liquid -- a substance that flows freely
like water
(to Story)
log -- a section of tree as it comes from the tree
(to Story)
lose -- to be unable to keep (to Story)
loss -- something taken away from you
(to Story)
market -- a place for people for buying
and selling
(to Story)
motion -- the condition of moving
(to Story)
neck -- body part that connects the head with the rest of the
body
(to Story)
occur -- to take place
(to Story)
offer -- to present for acceptation, to
suggest
(to Story)
organize -- to form as a structured
whole
(to Story)
path -- a track made by people or animals walking
(to Story)
pilfer -- to steal from a place where you work
(to Story)
peace -- no war
(to Story)
puddle -- a small area of liquid on the ground
(to Story)
purpose -- goal, aim
(to Story)
range -- the act of spreading out from a centre
(to Story)
rush -- acting very quickly
(to Story)
share -- a part of anything owned with others
(to Story)
shell -- a hard outside covering of an animal or fruit
(to Story)
situation -- a place
(to Story)
slave -- a person who is the property of another
(to Story)
society -- the totality of human
relationships
(to Story)
speech -- communication by word of mouth
(to Story)
spend -- v. to pay out money; or, to pass the time
(to Story)
stage -- a period in a series of events (to Story)
station -- a place equipped with special
equipment for a given purpose
(to Story)
steam -- gas into which water is changed when heated
(to Story)
stop -- to keep from moving (to Story)
stuff -- n. general word idea for things or materials
v. use your hands to fill the inside of something with some material
(to Story)
substance -- matter
(to Story)
support
-- to hold up or in position (to Story)
tax -- money given by people for the support of government
(to Story)
temperature -- the amount of heat or cold
(to Story)
treat -- to act toward, to handle (to Story)
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