| A | B |
| run-in | problem |
| snouts | noses |
| possum | small animal with a pink nose and beady eyes |
| people've got dread | people have fear |
| armed for a world war | carrying a lot of equipment and guns |
| textbook case of 911 | good reason to use the emergency service |
| looks like some bad knitter's tangled yarn | is all over the place, not direct |
| thumbs her nose at | is not scared of |
| I hear tears glaze her voice | she is crying |
| wedge a word in | say anything |
| I blurt | I say quickly |
| apprise | tell |
| pact | promise |
| In solemn ceremony, we retreive our names | very seriously, we take back our Spanish names. |
| spring | quickly take |