Vocabulary

• keep from: To prevent someone from doing something
• peace and quiet: A state of calm and tranquility; freedom from disturbance.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• chop down: To cut something with an axe
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• drive away: To leave in a vehicle.
• set you free: To release something that wasn't free to leave
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• check out
• silly: Careless
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• favor: Support or approval from people
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• stubborn: Unwilling to give way or obey
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• reply: Answer to someone's question
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• stinky
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
• cranky: Easily irritated or annoyed
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• fragrant: Having a sweet or enjoyable smell
• dead: Not alive
• tomb: Small building or stone box where dead body is put
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• growl: To utter a deep sound of anger or hostility
• indigestion: Difficulty in digesting food, e.g. causing pain
• saucy: Disrespectful in a light and playful way
• hum: To make a constant low sound
• rooster: Adult male chicken
• cock: Adult male chicken
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• hen: Adult female chicken
• cuckoo: Bird that lays its eggs in the nest of other birds
• doo: Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
• headstrong: Stubborn, forceful and tending to disobey
• coo: To make a low, soft cry, like a dove