First Crossing Vocabulary

1. Marco had hugged his mother tight.
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2. Narrow wooden stairs led up one wall to someplace above.
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The transients reached into pockets for wallets.
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4. He was disappearing somewhere beyond the vision of the departing bus.
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5. He and his mother and younger sister had moved into another rhythm of existence.
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6. Everything had been better for the family since he’d started crossing.
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7. Jefes spat on his father as if he was an animal.
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8. Revolution boulevard in downtown Tijuana swarmed.
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9. He admitted that he sometimes dreaded his trip back.
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10. When the hole in the ground was dug and the big building finished, he had been sent to excavate another hole.
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11. The money orders always preceded him.
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12. Papa nudged him, “Stay close to me,” he said, grabbing Marco’s shirtsleeve.
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13. She walked in and a little parade followed her.
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14. He woke with the roosters, went to school in the mornings…
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15. A squat, full woman wrapped in a red shawl…
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