1. to trade: intercanviar
2. skull: crani
3. to burst into flame: esclatar en flames
4. namely: concretament
5. quirky: peculiar
6. bloodletting: sagnia
7. to yearn: anhelar
8. understated: discret
9. booze: beguda alcohòlica
10. to struggle mightily: lluitar amb força
11. salt-of-the-earth: tros de pa (persona)
12. to come upon: trobar per casualitat
13. to quote: citar
14. laborer: obrer
15. to woo: atreure / cortejar
16. to pimp out: xulejar (prostitució)
17. mute: mut
18. to drown: ofegar-se
19. to demur: objectar
20. naked/nude: nu
EXERCISE 1
Find the following words in the glossary.
1. alcohol (colloquial)
2. part of skeleton protecting brain
3. to exchange
4. can’t speak
5. to win the heart of
EXERCISE 2
Complete these sentences adapted from the text with the correct preposition.
1. Cage works _______for two hours at the gym every day.
2. Green enjoyed hanging _______ with the actor.
EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 1:
1. booze / 2. skull / 3. to trade / 4. mute / 5. to woo
EXERCISE 2:
1. out / 2. out