The Weekend - Trick Or Treat (C0157)

A: Trick - or -treat
B: Tom, aren't you a littletoo old to be trick-or - treating?
A: What are you talking about? Where is your Halloweenspirit? Didn't you ever dress up in a costume and go around the neighborhood trick-or-treatingwith your friends?
B: Of course I did, but when I was ten! Trick -or-treatingis for kids, plus, I 'msure people will think you're a kidnapper or something, running around with kids NCP at night.
A: Whatever, I'mgoing next doorI heard Mrs. Robinson is giving out big bags of M&Ms!

Key Vocabulary

give out to give for free, to give something
trick-or - treat a children's Halloween practice of asking for trea
dress up attire in clothes suited to a particular role
kidnapper to seize and detain or carry away by unlawful forc
run around to go all over the place, to move quickly from one place to another

Supplementary Vocabulary

Goblin in folklore and fairy tales, an ugly creature that does evil or mischief to humans.
Haunted inhabited or visited by ghosts.
Mummy a corpse preserved by embalming, esp. one embalmed and wrapped by or in the manner of the ancient Egyptians.
Potion a mixture for drinking, esp. one that is supposed to have medicinal, magical, or poisonous effects.
jack-o'-lantern A pumpkin that is carved to look scary

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