Please find the definitions and the parts of speech of the words below and come ready to explain the words in class. All of these words are from the story "La Bamba" and many of these words were already covered previously. The definitions should be written in the following way:
To beam (verb): To smile happily.
Ex: She beamed as she told us the good news.
Confident
To beam
Pharmacist
Smock
To whizz
Chores
Commotion
Sweaty
Smart-aleck
To jerk
To swish
To gargle
To dash
Audience
Duo
To maneuver
Proudly
Recliner
Jargon
To crawl
Probably
Fortunately
To inhale
To bounce
To bow
Immediately
Eager
Quickly
Finally
To shiver
To sway
To roar
Crowd
Energetically
Intently
To wrestle
Fancy
To groove
Embarrassed
To halt
Wildly
Cast
To mingle
Hilarious
Confused
Awe
To cluster
To crunch
To scuff
Lawn
Neighborhood
Pomegranate
Talent
Frost
Volunteered
Amazed
To pretend
To raise
To yearn
Limelight
Appause
Thunderstorm
To impress
Especially
Prettiest
Reasonable
Average
Pantomime
Emotional
To flail
Nervous
Coordinator
To mutter
To jam
To growl
Skit
Pilgrims
To twirl
To pout
Symphony
Cue
Dramatically
To wink
To snicker
Please explain the expressions in the story "La Bamba". They should be explained the following way:
"In spite of": Without being prevented by (something) — used to say that something happens or is true even though there is something that might prevent it from happening or being true.
Ex: He failed the test in spite of all his studying.
"Giving way to"
"In spite of"
"Waited for his cue"
"Without further ado"
"Scoot off the..."
"On the verge"
"Yearned for limelight"
"As cold as the moon"
"As loud as thunderstorm"
"Hang around"
"Wouldn't mess up"
"Hold back the tears"
"Never given him the time of day"
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