La Bamba Vocab Flashcards | StudBud1reasonable
- judging and harsh
- strong and brave
- fair and logical
- wild and impulsive
2pantomime
- Someone who dispenses medicine
- Someone who makes things happen
- Expressing meaning through gestures accompanied by music
- Singing loudly
3snicker
- a smothered laugh
- a plain chocolate bar
- a candy bar with nuts and fruit
- a loud laugh
4limelight
- The curtains that open whent the show is about to begin
- The fear of being onstage
- The public attention of being on stage or being famous
- The first place winner
5dimmed
- turning the lights off all at once
- turning the lights down so it gets darker
- turning the lights up so it gets brighter
- turning the lights to focus on the action
6predict
- to look ahead so you know what will happen
- to say what happened
- to judge what happened
- to guess before it happens
7twirling
- spin quickly around
- throw up in the air
- dance while waving your arms around
- roll across the floor
8symphony
- An elaborate musical composition played by an orchestra
- A song that rhymes
- A group of many musical instruments
- Rock and Roll music played with electric guitar and drums
9curtain
- "Great performance! Listen to the ____!"
- "Part the ___ so we can watch the show"
- "Put the ___ on the player so we can listen to the music"
- "Manuel couldn't go on stage. He lost his ____"
10pharmacist
- A person who tells others what to do.
- Someone who dispenses medicine
- A person who directs an orchestra or choir
- Someone who makes things happen
11Commotion
- Two trains moving towards each other
- The sound of a mouse scurrying quietly across the floor
- Pleasant music
- Something loud, noisy & disruptive
12fat lip
- having a large mouth
- to have a swollen lip because you got hit
- to pout or make a fish face
- getting injections to make your lips look bigger
13conductor
- A musician
- A doctor
- A person who distributes medicine
- a person who directs an orchestra or choir
14evaluate
- to read silently
- to cruelly insult
- to guess based on clues
- to judge and form an educated opinion
15debut
- The first performance
- The worst performance
- The last performance
- The best performance
16jargon
- common, everyday words
- words that end in -ing
- I don't understand medical ____. I will when I am a doctor.
- technical, subject-specific language
17confident
- sure of yourself and your ability
- wishing you were stronger
- afraid
- strong
18smock
- Manuel's dad wears a ____ to his job as a pharmacist.
- My. Roybal was sweating through his warm ___.
- Manuel wore a shirt and ___ to look good for his act.
- The karate kid wore a ___ to perform his special moves.