The Hate U Give - Chapters 4-6

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• Convince to persuade someone or make someone certain:
• Instant Happening immediately, without any delay.
• Tremble To shake slightly, usually because you are cold, frightened, or very emotional.
• Creak When a door or floorboard make a long low sound when it moves or is moved:
• Yella Eye dialect spelling of yellow.
• Complexion The natural appearance of the skin on a person's face, especially its colour or quality.
• A porch A covered structure in front of the entrance to a building.
• Styrofoam A brand name for a type of polystyrene (= a light, usually white plastic used especially for putting around delicate objects inside containers to protect them from damage, or for putting around something to prevent it from losing heat).
• Lotta Dialect spelling for "a lot of".
• Pop tarts A brand of toaster pastries that the Kellogg Company introduced in 1964. They have a sugary filling sealed inside two layers of thin, rectangular pastry crust.
• NCAA Brackets A schedule for the college basketball playoffs.
• Sophomore A student studying in the second year of a course at a US college or high school (= a school for students aged 15 to 18).
• Exposed Not covered; able to be seen.
• Regardless Despite, not being affected by something.
• Gush To express a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere.
• Grief Sorrow.
• Empty nester A parent whose children have grown up and left home.
• The baby blues A feeling of sadness or moodiness that many women experience after giving birth.

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