2. absolutely
I absolutely was saving the rest of my
money. (p159)
Absolutely, I promised to take out the
garbage last night.(transparency)
absolutely: without any doubt
3. positively
I positively was saving the rest of my
money. (p159)
I positively believed that I would take the
garbage, but I fell asleep. (transparency)
positively: for sure, certainly; confidently
4. vanish
Butthen Nick did a magic trick that made my
pennies vanish in thin air. (p161)
When I woke up this morning, I wished that I
could make the garbage vanish before Mom
found it still in the kitchen. (transparency)
vanish: disappear
5. tokens
Itisn’t fair because what I’ve got is ...
bus tokens. (p156)
Robert said, “I spent a lot of tokens at
Chuck E. Cheese’s.”
tokens: pieces of metal shaped as
coins, used instead of money.
6. lox
They brought lox because my father
likes to eat lox. (p157)
“Would you like to taste lox?” asked my
grandmother.
lox: a form of salmon for eating
7. smushed
I rescued it from being melted or smushed.
(p161)
I smushed my finger with the door.
smushed: (slang) pressed against; smashed
8. Match vocabulary words with definitions
absolutely A pieces of metal shaped as
positively coins, used instead of money.
B for sure, certainly;
vanish confidently
tokens C (slang) pressed against;
smashed
lox
D disappear
smushed E without any doubt
F a form of salmon for eating
