| A | B |
|---|
| slew | a lot of |
| judgemental | quick to decide |
| reputation | what people who don't really know you think about you. |
| resourceful | able to find ways to solve problems |
| resources | things we use to make our lives better |
| unions | groups who work together to make sure that workers are treated fairly |
| obvious | easy to understand |
| rehearse | to practice for music or play |
| rehearsal | practice during the day for what they are going to play at night |
| experience | something that happens to you |
| perspective | what a particular person sees |
| The story's perspective is told from whose point of view? | Bud's |
| "diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of the brain" | to answer a question without thinking…and continue to talk…in the hope that somewhere down the line, if you talk long enough, you would either wear the person down or happen upon the actual correct answer |
| coincidence | something that happens in more than one time and place |
| prodigy | a person who learns something really complicated when he or she is young |
| eavesdropping | secretly listening to a conversation |
| Jazz | a type of music where different instruments take turns doing short solos |
| blended | to put together so well that you can't pull it apart |
| resolution | the solution to the problem |
| "when one door closes another one opens" | Figurative language that means when one opportunity is lost, another opportunity comes along quickly |
