Monday, August 10, 2020

Meanings of words we have learnt from our chapter book 'Refugee'

 Qur’an - Muslim Bible

Deeds - Action performed Intentionally

Ceiling - inside of a roof

Mecca - A place for muslims to go and pray

Gestapo - It was the official secret police of Germany 

Thrust - Push,Shove

Stammered - Saying something with difficulty

Good Omens - Either a sign thats imagined or real

Mental asylum - Hospital for mentally incompete people

Shuddered - Result of fear

Stubble -  Th cut stalks of cereal plants

Ripe - Developed to point when readiness for eating

Fugitive - A person who has escaped or is hiding

Guantanamo Bay - It’s a place

Waterspout - A rotating column of water and spray

Brass - A yellow alloy

Tarnished - To lose something like close to them

Idoline - it is the chemical element of atomic 53. A non-metallic element forming black crystals and violet vapour

Disinfectant - chemical liquid that destroys bacteria

Welts - a sore like a blister

Malecon - the spanish word for pier

Scoffed - talking to someone in a mocking way

Aft - Aft basically means the front of a boat/ship. 

Steward - A steward means someone who is assigned to look after passengers on a ship, aircraft or a train.

Dachau - Dachau is a concentration camp for Jews

Confined To Quarters - This just means, a jail cell for the ill or something… I really don’t know-  

Brim Of Their Hat - The brim of the hat is basically the hard part of a cap/hat.

Hitler Salute - A Hitler salute is extending your right arm out and keeping your hand flat and shouting “Heil Hitler!” or “Seig Heil!”.

Lingered - Lingered means just staying in one spot for a long time.

Third Reich - i am… disgusted. uh-1

Iodine - is a bottle for a sickness

Disinfectant - is a cleaner bottle

Welts - is like a sickness like chicken pops

Malecon - is a place 

Scoffed - talking to someone by mocking

Fugitive - a guy who escaped from a place or hiding

Guantanamo bay is a place for prisoners

Brass - is gold stuff

Waterspout - something that comes from the sky, or like a tap

Tarnished - is like a fork or a spoon

Jewish-is a beliefs

Nazi-is a big group of people that do not like Jewish and put them in concentration camp 

Hittler-is the leader of the Nazi 

Clawed-scratching someone's with your claws

Bureans- drawer

Scowled-looked at them badly

Dismissive wave-go away wave

Scrawny-very thin or skinny

Synagogues-synagogue is a Jewish house of worship

Despair-deep sadness or loss of hope

Stopped dead-not moving

Civil war-civil war means a war between citizens of the same country.

Dictators-Dictators mean a ruler with total power over a country,typically one who has obtained controlled by force.

Overthrowing-knock or throw to the ground.

Whizzing-move quickly through the air with whistling or buzzer sound.

Flailed-wave or swing widely.

Cowered-couch down in fear

Wailed-utter a wail

Telegram-a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form, used in the UK only for international messages since 1981.

Sturmabteilung-Definition of SA (Sturmabteilung or Storm Troopers) SA (Sturmabteilung or Storm Troopers): Also known as "Brown Shirts," they were the Nazi party's main instrument for undermining democracy and facilitating Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

Swastika-an ancient symbol in the form of an equal-armed cross with each arm continued at a right angle, used (in clockwise form) as the emblem of the German Nazi party.

Trembling-shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Restoration-the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.

Berlin-berlin is a city in germany

Bow-Two loops tied together - OR the front part of a ship. 

Starboard-The side of a ship that is on the right facing forward

Anchor-Something to hold the boat down.

Quailed-To show fear to something.

Loomed-Something large or scary.

Wake-When your eyes open when they are closed for a long time

 Behemoth-is a huge monstrous creature.

Mere- Mere is something to describe someone worthless.

Amidships-In the middle of a ship.

Ocean floor-the very bottom of the ocean.

Sluicing-Wash or rinse something with a stream of shower water.

Asylum-Someone who left their country 

Panoramic-Surrounding people that are watching you

Sneering-The action of smiling or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner 

Solemnly-Formal and dignified speech

Pedestal-The base or support on witch statue,or column is mounted

Spooked- scared

Steering wheel- the round thing you use to drive a boat

Porthole- a circular window on a boat

Obscure- weird, unusual 

Bridge- the control centre of a boat

Horst Wessel- a song Nazi’s sung about Jewish people.


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