Vocabulary

• nothing to it: Very easy; requiring little effort or skill.
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• got to: To arrive at some place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• barely even friends: Describing a relationship that is only nominally friendly, with little genuine connection or affection.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• barely: Only just; just possible
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• leave: To go away from; depart
• tale: Story that is not true
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
• gasp: To take a short quick breath because of surprise
• fairytale: Story about fairies told to amuse children
• chirp: To make a sharp sound like an insect, bird
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
• ribbon: Long thin piece of cloth for tying hair/decoration
• majesty: Impressive quality that something large has
• groan: To make a deep sound from despair, pain etc.
• come: To arrive at a place
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• shy: Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
• grunt: To utter a deep sound like that of a pig
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• sew: To make something using a needle and thread
• wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
• beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• scissor: To cut with or as if with scissors
• shush: Sound made to make others be quiet
• heave: To lift or pull something with great effort
• sash: Long wide piece of cloth worn around waist