Catch Us If You Can-Chapter 12

• SynopsisGranda is very upset to be sent to the home and it breaks Rory’s heart to see him cry. At Castle Street, Rory fights with Tess. Rory becomes exasperated when Granda retreats further and further into a shell while at Rachnadar and at school, the idea of being fostered by Mrs Foley worries him. Life is certainly unpleasant in Castle Street when Tess become sincreasinglyuncontrollable. Rory decides that the only way is to run away with Granda.

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Granda

-Relied on Rory. He was agitated when Rory came to visit him at Rachnadar because he thought Rory was going to take him home.

-Pessimistic.

Tess

-Grumpy. Yelling at people when she gets angry. Make sure she ruined everybody’s day when she is in a bad mood.

-Violent. Fight with Rory in Castle Street when Rory let her to shut up.

• Be a responsible family member.

Rory shows his care towards his granda by trying to save his granda from staying in Rachandar. Therefore, he decided to save his granda by running away from there.

Vocabulary • tremble [trembəl]-shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.Then, his chin has trembled, but he’d been so strong, strong for me.(Page 54,

Paragraph one, line 2)

• Shuffle [SHəfəl]-walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.I glanced into corridor, watched the shuffling old people with dead eyes pass up

and down, going nowhere.(Paragraph 8, line 1)

• Curse [kərs]-invoke or use a curse against.-utter offensive words in anger or annoyance.Oh, your granda ’ll be cursing me upside down.(Page 55, Paragraph 2, line 4)

• Choke [CHōk] (verb)

-(of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air.

She grabbed hold of my shirt so tightly it was choking me, and the force of her sent us both reeling on to the floor.(Page 56, Paragraph 1, line 1)

• Vicious [viSHəs] (adjective)

-deliberately cruel or violent.

Tess was strong and vicious.

• Qualm [kwä(l)m,kwô(l)m] (noun)

-an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, esp. about one's own conduct; a misgiving.

Tees had no qualms about punching me.(Paragraph 2, line 1)

agitated [ajitātid]

F-eeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

He was growing more and more agitated.(Paragraph 2, line 1)

Flicker1 [flikər] (verb)

-(of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness.

-make small, quick movements; flutter rapidly.

He lay back on his pillows and just stared at me, till eventually they flickered and closed.(Paragraph 4, line 4)

Skid [skid] (verb)

-(of a vehicle) slide, typically sideways or obliquely, on slippery ground or as a result of stopping or turning too quickly.

Dishes skidded everywhere.( Last paragraph, line 4)

• Loom [loo͞m] (verb)-appear as a shadowy form, esp. one that is large or threatening.At school, the idea of Mrs Foley actually fostering me loomed over me, like

a bird of prey.(Paragraph 6, line 1)

• Retreat [Ritrēt] (verb)-(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior

power or after a defeat.And at Rachnadar, my granda retreated further and further into a

shell.(Paragraph 6, line 5)

• Rattle [Ratl] (verb)-make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking

sounds, typically as a result of shaking and striking repeatedly against a hard surface or object.

And he rattled the iron bar on the door so loudly a nurse came running over to him and led him back to his bed.(Page 57, Paragraph 2, line 2)

• Gaze [Gāz] (verb)

-look steadily and intently, esp. in admiration, surprise, or thought.

But all I could see every time I closed my eyes was my granda, standing at the emergency exit, gazing out with glassy eyes and saying, ‘If I am younger I’d run away from here to somewhere they’d never find me.’

• Simper [simpər] (verb)

-smile or gesture in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner.

She simpered at me and left, and my granda said nothing.(Paragraph 6, line 1)

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Hooi Chear Shin