CRASH STREET KIDS; Family's home hit 22 times by juggernauts.PENSIONER PENSIONER. One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another. It is more usually applied to him who receives an annuity or pension from the government. Lily Maher's house is falling down around her - after being hit 22 TIMES by lorries. Now she may have to move because her grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. are too scared to visit her - and she's too scared to go out. Lily lives opposite a supermarket whose delivery lorries have made her a prisoner in her own little terraced home. Drivers have crashed into her walls, knocked bits off her roof and terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. her family as they manoeuvre the huge trucks past her doorway. Lily, who has kept a record of every collision, says her nerves are shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. . "I can't take it any more," she said last night "The house is so badly damaged that I daren't go upstairs and my grandchildren are afraid to come and see me." |
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