| A | B |
| advice | an opinion about what should be done |
| advised | gave advice to; offered an opinion |
| circumstances | conditions that accompany an act or event |
| elbow | to push with the elbow; make your way by pushing |
| hustled | hurried along |
| immigrants | people who come into a country or region to live |
| luxury | something pleasant but not necessary |
| newcomer | a person who has just come or who came not long ago |
| peddler | a person who travels about selling things carried in a pack or in a truck, wagon, or cart |
| crannies | small, narrow openings; cracks; crevices |
| greenhorn | a person without training or experience |
| pushcarts | light carts pushed by hand |
| Ellis Island | small island in the harbor of New York, just south of Manhattan. From 1891 to 1943 it housed reception facilities for new immigrants. |
| immigration | act of coming into a country or region to live |
| Registry Room | place on Ellis Island in which registration of new immigrants took place |