Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• cross: Angry and upset
• crocodile: Large meat-eating reptile that can swim
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
• careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
• love: Person's name
• brown: Of the color of coffee or chocolate
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• gingerbread: Cake flavored with ginger
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• river: Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• bake: To cook food (bread, cakes) in an oven
• nose: Part of the face used for breathing and smelling
• eat: To put food in your mouth
• cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food