GRADE 12 ENGLISH (NEW COURSE)

                                                           SECTION TWO: LITERATURE 

                                                                               Unit 1

                                                             NEIGHBOURS - Tim Winton

Vocabularies:

Landscape- n. everything you can see when you look across a large area of land especially in the country. e.g. mountainous.

Manuscript- n. a copy of a book, a piece of music, etc., or a very old book or document that was written by hand before printing was invented. 

Suburb- n. an area where people live that is outside the center of a city.

Bestowing-v. to give something to be, especially to show how much they are respected.

Wary of- adj. (of doing something) careful when dealing with somebody/something because you think that there may be a danger or problem. / cautious.

Sojourners-adj. people who stay temporarily in a place away from home. / feeling of being strangers in an unfamiliar area.

Macedonian- adj. from Macedonia, South-Eastern Europe.

Paned windows-n. a single sheet of glass in a window. 

Moreton Bay-n. is a boy located on the Eastern Coast of Australia. 

Docile-adj. quiet and easy to control. 

Moulting-adj. molting, hair growing.

Ranted-v. [speech] disapproving to speak/ complain about something in a loud and or angry way. 

Stacked with-n. a pile of something, usually neatly arranged; a stack of plates or books, a large number or amount of something. 

Salvaged-v. the act of saving things that have been, or likely to be, damaged or lost, especially in a disaster/ an accident.

Cobalt eyes-n. a deep blue-green color eyes.

Manured-v. to put manure on in soil to help plants grow. (the waste matter from animals that is spread over/ n. mixed with soil to help plants and crops grow. 

Leek-n. a vegetable like a long onion with many layers of wide flat leaves that are white at the bottom and green at the top. (Spring onions-BrE & Green onions-AmE).

Brussels sprouts- n. a new part growing on a plant. 

Spacing-n. the amount of space that is left between things, especially between the words or lines printed on-page. or, the amount of time that is left between things happening.  

Hilling-v.  Hilling, earthing up or ridging is the technique in agriculture and horticulture of piling soil up around the base of a plant.

Mulching-v. to cover the soil or the roots of a plant with a mulch. 

Child's stubble-n. the short stiff hairs that grow on a face.

Garlic cloves-n. the dried flower of garlic is used in cooking as a spice, especially to give flavor to sweet foods.

Vermilion- adj. bright red in color.

Grappa-n. a kind of alcoholic beverage; a fragrant.

Eccentric-adj. considered by other people to be strange or unusual. 

Incompetence-n. the lack of skill or ability to do your job or a task as it should be done.

Muscovies-n.  a kind of duck.

Slaughter-n. the killing of animals for their meat. 

Haze- n. air that is difficult to see through because it contains very small drops of water, especially caused by hot weather. / air containing something that makes it difficult to see through it. or, a mental state in which your thoughts, feelings, etc. are not clear.

Antagonizing-v-ing. to do something to make somebody angry with you.

Hay Fever-n. an illness that affects the nose, eyes, and throat.

Tirelessly-adv. (approving) putting a lot of hard work and energy into something over a long period of time. 

Deli-n. a shop/ store or part of one that sells cooked meats and cheeses, and special or unusual foods that come from other countries. 

Flattered- adj. to be pleased because somebody has made you feel important or special. 

Claustrophobic-adj. afraid of living in confined places. 

Peeved-adj. annoyed. 

 Liverwurst-n.meat sausage, also known as liver sausage.

Mid-wife-n. a person, especially a woman who is trained to help women give birth to babies.

Crooned-v. hum or sing in a soft voice. 

Squat-v.to sit on your heels with your knees bent up close to your body. Or, Noun- a building that people are living in without permission and without paying rent. (to live in a squat).

Sophistication-n. the quality of being sophisticated. (having a lot of experience of the world and knowing about everything).

Strained-v. make effort (to do something) to make an effort to do something, using all your mental and physical strength.

Mottled-adj. marked with shapes of different colors without a regular pattern; the mottled skin of a snake.

Vernix-n. a greasy deposit covering the skin of a baby at birth.