Vocabulary

• once upon a time: A conventional phrase used to begin fairy tales and other stories.
• upon a time: An introductory phrase used to begin a story, typically a fairy tale.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• at least: As a minimum
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• proud of you: Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or are connected to.
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• pile: Large amount of something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• satisfied: To make someone happy because they got their wish
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• excellent: Extremely good
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• elderly: Being very old
• gentle: Kind and quiet in nature; not harsh or violent
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• towel: Piece of cloth used for drying things
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• sparkle: To shine with a lot of very small points of light
• lively: Full of life and energy; merry; animated
• merry: Feeling a little drunk from alcohol
• eve: The time just before something happens
• roadside: Edge of a way or road or path
• shone: To point a light in a certain direction