burger vocabulary

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Vocabulary to study before reading the short story "Burger" by Wyn Lyovarin"

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leather – (noun) the skin of an animal.

“She felt uncomfortable with the leather jacket gift because of her fondness for animals.”

handbag – (noun) a bag or box of leather, fabric, plastic, or the like, held in the hand or carried by means of a handle or strap

“She reached into her handbag and found a comb."

fumble - (verb) to be clumsy, to handle clumsily, to drop things, or search around blindly

"He fumbled the ball and made his team lose at the very last minute."

thieve – (verb) the act of taking something from someone, to steal.

“The thieving is awful at JFK airport."

parents – (noun), a parent is the mother or the father figure of a child

“My parents always take care of me when I’m sick."

steal – (verb) the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

“Someone is always stealing the display candy."

poster – (noun) a sign posted in a public place as an

advertisement

“A poster advertised the coming attractions."

eat – (verb) ingesting food

“He was eating his seventh hotdog because he hadn’t eaten anything in ages."

rooster – (noun) a male (boy) chicken

“My uncles raises roosters on his farm for their meat and to mate with the chickens."

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