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The Shooting Star and the Girlfriend

Vocabulary. The Shooting Star and the Girlfriend. The Shooting Star and the Girlfriend Vocabulary. adverse – (adj.) contrary or opposite in direction or position His mother’s death from an adverse drug reaction when he was 15, left Pistorius shattered.

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The Shooting Star and the Girlfriend

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  1. Vocabulary The Shooting Star and the Girlfriend

  2. The Shooting Star and the Girlfriend Vocabulary • adverse– (adj.) contrary or opposite in direction or position • His mother’s death from an adverse drug reaction when he was 15, left Pistorius shattered. • mantra-(noun) any sacred word or phrase used as an object of concentration and giving an aspect of spiritual power • He turned a message she once sent him into a mantra. • delves – (verb) to research deeply for information • This story delves into the case that has rocked the country. • affidavit - (noun) a written declaration upon oath made before a judge as evidence in a court • Pistorius presented an affidavit of his version of events. • predicament - (noun) anunpleasantlydifficult, perplexing, ordangeroussituation • Some blamed Oscar’s predicament on his having grown up in Johannesburg. • oppression – (noun) theexerciseofauthority orpowerina cruel, or unjust manner. • Johannesburg nourished racism, terror, oppression, and violence from 1948 to 1991. • entitlement – (noun) the belief that a person has the right to do or have something;  allow • He had that sense of entitlement.

  3. The Shooting Star and the Girlfriend Vocabulary • adverse– • (adj.) contrary or opposite in direction or position • mantra- • (noun) any sacred word or phrase used as an object of concentration and giving an aspect of spiritual power • delves – • (verb) to research deeply for information • affidavit - • (noun) a written declaration upon oath made before a judge as evidence in a court • predicament – • (noun) anunpleasantlydifficult, perplexing, ordangeroussituation • oppression – • (noun) theexerciseofauthority orpowerinaburdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. • entitlement – • (noun) the belief that a person has the right to do or have something;  allow

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