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Here are some words and concepts that will be covered in Lesson Four of the downloadable Lesson Guide (267K PDF file).
Busy: actively doing something
- People can be busy (doing many things at once); places can be busy (traffic along a road, a shopping mall packed with shoppers, or an airport full of people).
- "Busy" can be used in different ways:
Doing something active ("busy in the garden")
Full of activity ("a busy street")
In use ("a busy phone line")
Not available or tied up ("too busy to help out")
- Expressions include "busybody" and "busywork."
To grow impatient: to be increasingly unable to wait
- "To grow" (in this phrase) means "to become," referring to a gradual change.
To run a farm: "run" in this phrase means "to control or manage." "Running a farm" means taking care of the daily chores and making sure that everything gets done.
- "Run" has the same meaning in the phrases "to run a business" and "to run a household."
Furious: similar to "angry" and "mad," but to a more intense degree
- A continuum would read like this: upset, mad, angry, enraged, furious.
Demand: to ask for something urgently or with authority
- As a noun, "demand" is an urgent need, or the act of asking for something with extreme authority.
- There is a pragmatic aspect to demanding something: children do not generally demand things, while a parent, teacher, or police officer may.
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