“Stealing Home”

pastimes• pleasant ways of

passing time

• The man’s favorite pastime is riding his motorcycle.

tutor• to teach privately

• The tutor is helping the girl with her school work.

disposition• one’s usual way of

acting; temperament

• The dog has a friendly disposition.

glumly• in a gloomy way

• The girl is standing glumly in the room.

irritably• grumpily; crossly

• The man is looking irritably at his Birthday cake.

bicker• to disagree in a

quarrelsome way

• The boys did not bicker about who was going to play with each toy.

impose• to put an unwanted

burden on

• The man is going to impose on the woman as she is talking with her friend.

grudge• ill will toward

someone

• The men still hold a grudge against each other.