Our Own Stories Vocabulary

3. (pl. n.) meetings at which people try to improve their skills by discussing their experiences and doing practical exercises (p.66)
6. (n.) a time in the past (p.67)
7. (n.) things that you keep or collect because they are connected with a person, event, or time (p. 66)
10. (v.) to make something start happening, especially a series of events (p. 67)
15. (n.) the process of being pregnant and giving birth to children (p. 67)
16. (adj.) slow and not wanting to do something (p. 66)
17. (n.) a short piece of writing about a person or place that you knew well, or an event that you experienced (p.66)
18. (n.) a removable cover for holding loose sheets of paper, magazines etc (p.67)

1. (pl. n.) very valuable and important objects (p. 66)
2. (pl. n.) cardboard boxes that shoes are sold in (p. 67)
4. (n.) something that happens or exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time (p. 67)
5. (adj.) average, common, or usual, not different or special (p. 66)
8. (adj.) taking a long time to do (p. 67)
9. (pl. n.) the parts of tickets that are given back to you after it has been torn, as proof that you have paid (p. 67)
11. (pl. n.) (2 words) written statements by teachers about a child’s work at school, which is sent to his or her parents (p. 67)
12. (v.) to remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past (p. 66)
13. (pl. n.) sets of instructions for cooking a particular type of food (p.67)
14. (n.) a book with empty pages where you can stick pictures, newspaper articles, or other things you want to keep (p.66)