The narrator writes: "They used a hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness." What does this mean?

What will be an ideal response?


* They use words like "zapped while zipping" as a way to appear indifferent/hard/unmoved by the difficult situations and emotions they encounter.
* The language they use helps them to keep things together and helps them avoid thinking about what really happened.

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Vocabolario. Completa le frasi con le parole seguenti.

calvo / il francese / rosso / caldo / il pennarello / venerdì / d’accordo / la studentessa / mercoledì / tedesca / interessante / abitare Una persona che viene dalla Germania è __________.

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Write the letter of the correct definition for each word. Be careful! There are more definitions than you need.

. Bahnhof _____ a. cozy, warm, pleasant 2. Schloss _____ b. library 3. Dom _____ c. straight ahead 4. gemütlich _____ d. unfortunately 5. Bibliothek _____ e. over that way 6. Kirche _____ f. castle 7. weit _____ g. subway 8. zeigen _____ h. church 9. Fahrrad _____ i. bike 10. leider _____ j. to show 11. Straße _____ k. train station 12. dorthin _____ l. bridge 13. Rathaus _____ m. cathedral 14. Brücke _____ n. near 15. geradeaus _____ o. street p. afterwards q. far r. stop s. city hall

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When you describe a noun with more than one adjective, you may need to separate the adjectives with a

a. semi colon. b. dash. c. hyphen. d. comma.

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Read the following statements Ana makes and decide whether they are a) cierto or b) falso.

_____ 1. Mi suegra es la mamá de mi esposo. _____ 2. Mi sobrina es la esposa de mi tío. _____ 3. Mi hermana es la hija de mi mamá.

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