Chapter 3-4Heroes Don’t run

Recruiter

A person who promotes joining the military

A person who helps others to join the military

Rugged

Tunic

Campaign

Military operation (action)

To beckon

To make a sign to come

To insist

To demand, to say continuously When Asians eat at a restaurant, each

person insists on paying the bill.

The creeps

The feeling of being frightened or disgusted Clowns give me the creeps.

Creepy: having or causing a feeling on your skin when you feel frightened or disgusted Clowns are so creepy!

To object

Object (noun): something you can touch or see Do you think UFOs (Unidentified Flying

Object) are real?

Object (verb): to refuse, to say no The ex-boyfriend who was still in love

with the bride objected at the wedding.

To demolish

1. To destroy1. To eat

completely

Bossy

Description of someone who gives orders all the time My little sister is very bossy; she tells

me to do this and that all the time.

Rocker

Foul

Disgustingly unpleasant Stop using foul language in the

classroom! When the skunk released its gas, the

whole park smelled so foul, people could not breathe.

Stump1. Lower end of

the tree when the main part is cut

off

2. Part of the body after the rest is cut off

To fetch

To bring back My dog and I play fetch so it can

exercise.

Chapter 4

Nuts

1. A dry fruit

2. Crazy I go nuts over chocolate. You drive me nuts when you speak in

your native language in English class.

3. Be in deep love with (be nuts about) He’s nuts about his new girlfriend. He is nuts about computer games.

To put off

To postpone, to wait until a later time Even though the teacher gave the

students one month to finish the project, the students put off their work until the day before it was due.

Boot camp

A basic training camp for new recruits (soldiers)

A physical

1. About the body All high school students must take a

physical education class

2. A physical examination, a check up at the doctor’s office

Shingles

Can hardly see straight

“Can’t see straight” “Can hardly think straight”

If you can’t see straight, you are not thinking calmly and clearly about something This usually happens when you are very very happy

or very very angry