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Meat Order

Unit 1: Photograph

A Proverb

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

Unit 2: Reading

I worked for a butcher for two years. Then he dismissed me for insolence and I decided to take vengeance on him. The following Saturday morning, when the shop was packed with people buying meat, I stepped in, went to the counter and slapped down a dead cat. "There you are," I called out seriously, "that makes up the dozen you ordered."

Vocabulary Practice

Mark the best choice.

1. 'Insolence' means ___.

• being very rude
• stealing money
• fighting
• talking

2. 'Vengeance' means ___.

• asking someone for money
• harming a person who has harmed you
• trying to please someone
• going to a place without permission

3. 'Packed' here means ___.

• wrapped
• silent
• filled
• pleased

4. To 'slap', here means to ___.

• hit someone severely
• speak very angrily
• put something down hard
• cut something into pieces