Vocabulary

• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• for Africa: Intended specifically for the continent of Africa.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• folklore: Traditional beliefs and stories of a people
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• fill: To make something full
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• great: Very good; better than before
• trust: To expect confidently
• wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• cross: Angry and upset
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• silver: Person's name
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• live: To be alive
• dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
• closure: Feeling of accepting a death, divorce etc.
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• forget: To not remember something
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• christianity: Beliefs, practices based on teachings of Jesus
• goddamn: Very bad; terrible
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• fat: Amount beyond what is usual or necessary
• horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
• islam: Religion of Muslims based on the Koran