Crime and punishment. By R.K. Narayan.

-Fondly imagine/believe/hope etc: to believe something that is untrue, hope for

something that will probably not happen etc

-Blink: to shut and open your eyes quickly (parpadear)

-Felt his blood rushing to his head

-Trigger: the part of a gun that you pull with your finger to fire it.

-Delivered a wholesome slap (le dió una buena cachetada)

-Sob-sobbed: to cry noisily while breathing in short sudden bursts.

-Outwardly: (adverb) according to the way people or things seem. “the teacher agreed

outwardly”

-Cajoling: ca-jole: to gradually persuade someone to do something by being nice to

them, or making promises to them. Cajole somebody into doing something.

“feeling more and more convinced every day that what the little fellow needed to make

him a normal citizen was not cajoling”

-Citizen: someone who lives in a particular town, country, or state.

-Cane: (verb) to punish someone, especially a child, by hitting them with a stick. /

(noun) a stick that was used in the past by teachers to hit children with as a punishment:

-Outlay: the amount of money that you have to spend in order to start a new business,

activity etc.

-Utter: complete - used especially to emphasize that something was very bad, or that a

feeling was very strong.

-Travail: a difficult or unpleasant situation, or very tiring work.

-Trifling: unimportant or of little value.

-The teacher was aghast: feeling or looking shocked by something you have seen or just

found out. (espantado)

-Assemble: to put all the parts of something together.

-Merely: used to emphasize how small or unimportant something or someone is. “the

boy merely smile in a superior way”

-Awfully: very

-Whistle: a small object that produces a high whistling sound when you blow into it.

(silbato)

-Struggled: to try extremely hard to achieve something, even though it is very difficult. /

to continue doing something that you find very difficult or tiring /

-Awkwardly: making you feel embarrassed so that you are not sure what to do or say

[= difficult]

-Inquiry: a question you ask in order to get information.

-Unobtrusively slunk:

un‧ob‧tru‧sive: not easily noticed

slink – slunk: to move somewhere quietly and secretly, especially because you are

afraid or ashamed [= creep].

-Mug up: to try to learn something in a short time, especially for an examination [= swot

up].

Main characters

Teacher:

Patient – obedient – weak – tolerant

He thought that he was in charge of a little gorilla.

Boy:

Mischievous: someone who is mischievous likes to have fun, especially by playing

tricks on people or doing things to annoy or embarrass them

Not motivated

Not good at school

An only child

Disrespectful

Obstinately

Parents:

They study child – psychology theories.

The father has written a thesis on infant psychology

The mother had studied a great deal of it.

They worried about the tests.

They thought that an adult must never set up contrariness or repression in the child´s

mind.

We can think about the differences between this teacher and Mr. Keating (Dead poets

society) and Louanne Johnson (Dangerous mind). This two teachers are interesting,

understanding, inspiring, encouraging, enthusiastic.