Chapters 1-4 pgs.1-47
A person who moves from place to place to find work, often in agriculture.
Migrant
Flooded...
EX: Papa used this word when he was talking about his experience in the Cristero Revolt in 1926.
pgs.48-50
Irrigated
Laughing in a scornful way.
EX: Trampita acted this way when he showed Francisco a pair of worn and soiled sneakers.
pgs.80-82
Snickering
Strong wire with sharp points, used to make fences.
Barbed-wire
A number of people moving forward in an orderly fashion, as a part of a ceremony.
EX: This occurred of a ceremony about Francisco.
pg.58-60
Procession
Insufficient for the demand.
EX: During this period Papa had a job thinning lettuce instead of working the fields.
pgs.83-85
Scarce
Forced to leave a country, usually because of legal status.
Deported
To act in an embarrassed manner due to lack of self-confidence.
EX: Francisco reacted this way when his mother told his father about what Ito said.
pgs.44-46
Sheepishly
A scraping implement with a rubber-edged blade set on a handle.
EX: This is used to clean windows.
pgs.84-86
Squeegee
A place where migrant workers live and work under basic conditions.
Labor camp
Irregular fighting between small parts of armies.
EX: Francisco started this with strawberries.
pgs.60-62
Skirmish
An internal part of the body pushes through a weakness in the muscle.
EX: Francisco wrote an essay about this occurence happening to Trampita.
pgs.98-100
Hernia
Lacking the legal documents required for residence or employment in a country.
Undocumented
Soft padded textile covering that is fixed to furniture sofas.
EX: Cars were decorated in this material.
pgs. 71-73
Upholstery
A metal tool with movable jaws that are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it.
EX: Francisco described his brother's hands feeling like this.
pgs. 104-106
Vise