| Approx. time |
Expression |
Explanation |
| 2:23 |
a runaway (... in the ghetto) |
a person (usually young) who runs away from home (and lands in a dangerous or undesirable neighborhood of the city |
| 3:00 |
hacking it out |
getting by, surviving but not living well |
| 4:25 |
foster homes |
family homes that offer to take in children who have no home; paid money by the government |
| 4:55 |
rebelious |
not cooperating, acting out, behaving in a difficult way |
| 11:27 |
a traunt |
a child who is absent from school |
| 13:12 |
off my back |
stop bothering me |
| 14:30 |
United Church of Christ |
a progressive U.S. Protestant Christian denomination |
| 14:40 |
not God-forsaken (...but warmth-forsaken) |
not totally unwelcoming but not very warm |
| 15:00 |
Nueva Vida |
Spanish name for “new life” |
| 15:05 |
innovative |
doing things in creative and new ways |
|
| 15:15 |
LGBT |
lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender |
| 16:38 |
come out (of the closet) |
become public about one’s (LGBT) sexuality |
| 17:10 |
shunned by their religion |
avoided (or thrown out) by their church or other religious group |
| 20:00 |
charismatic |
lively, active form of Christian worship practice (often including dancing, loud singing, many hand/arm gestures) |
