lunes, 19 de octubre de 2009

Vocabulary

“What did you rob?” A fotomat I said.
Fotomat: was a once widespread retail chain of photo development drive-thru kiosks located in shopping center parking lots.


“He opened the dayroom door and once more bellowed, Scandalous!”
Bellowed: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)



“That boy is half a bug, and his thorazine must be running low.”
Thorazine: a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer.



“She worked the streets for me, Chet Bosted.”
Boasted: To speak of with excessive pride


“His walk was what inmates called cattin”
Cattin: short for catwalk




“Even if a cop or a shop owner shoots one of the criminals, the other guys involved are charged with murder, the rationale being that if you weren’t committing the felony, no one would have died.”
Felony: One of several grave crimes, such as murder, rape, or burglary, punishable by a more stringent sentence than that given for a misdemeanor

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