Unit 4: Lesson 19

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  1. urge
    push for something
    On Friday evening at 7:00 p.m., the City Council will meet to make a final decision. I urge them to support the teachers, support education, and support the students at South Oakdale.
  2. minimum
    the smallest possible quantity
    A company had built a five-story building that was supposed to be a minimum of twenty feet from the curb, but it was only fifteen feet.
  3. effective
    producing or capable of producing an intended result
    “I don’t know how effective a community garden would be,” the councilman said. “You can’t feed people from a garden.”
  4. deteriorate
    become worse or disintegrate
    Then a homeless man, Sweeby Jones, inspires Darnell to write an article in his school newspaper about turning a deteriorating basketball court into a garden to feed the homeless.
  5. dependent
    relying on or requiring a person or thing for support
    Teachers need as much support as they can possibly get. After all, we are dependent on them for our future.
  6. violation
    an act that disregards an agreement or a right
    The first three items were about Building Code violations.
  7. grant
    allow to have
    “I don’t think we should lightly dismiss this violation. An exception granted here is just going to encourage others to break the law.”
  8. issue
    an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
    The school board has proposed that the site that Mr. Rock wants to make into a garden be used as a parking lot for teachers. The City Council will decide the issue tomorrow evening.
  9. ordinance
    a statute enacted by a city government
    “We have this ordinance for a reason,” a woman on the Council was saying.
  10. exception
    an instance that does not conform to a rule
    “I don’t think we should lightly dismiss this violation. An exception granted here is just going to encourage others to break the law.”
Created on Thu Jul 30 12:55:36 EDT 2020 (updated Fri Jul 31 09:07:13 EDT 2020)

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