Vocabulary

• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• have to: Must do
• want out: To desire to withdraw or escape from a situation, agreement, or commitment.
• take down: To capture physically
• burn down: To destroy (usually buildings) by burning
• favor: Support or approval from people
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• leave: To go away from; depart
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• century: Period of 100 years
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• alive: Living; not dead
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• trust: To expect confidently
• burn: To destroy with fire
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• wand: Thin rod held in the hand, e.g. used by a magician
• wizard: Man with magical powers
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• come: To arrive at a place
• undo: To open, untie or loosen something
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• close: Almost; near
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• troubling: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• teatime: Mid-afternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes