Vocabulary

• in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on a stick: Food that is served on a stick
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• turn into: To change to become something else
• hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
• cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
• in the bucket: Situated or contained inside a bucket.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• such as: For example; like
• on offer: Available at a reduced price or with special terms.
• after dinner: Following the meal of dinner.
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• pick me up: To collect someone or something from a place.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• absolutely amazing: Extremely good or impressive; causing great surprise or wonder.
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• inevitably: (Happening) with complete certainty
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• filthy: Being very rude (about sex, bodily functions)
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• tale: Story that is not true
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• century: Period of 100 years
• rinse: To wash off small amounts of dirt, soap suds, etc.
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• biscuit: A cookie
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• jolly: Being full of cheer, friendliness and happiness
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• alternatively: (Used when suggesting another choice)
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• cucumber: Long green vegetable that is eaten raw in salads
• introduction: A first experience with something
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• manuscript: Original piece of writing before it is published
• penny: Person's name
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• originate: To first come into existence
• hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
• cone: A 3D shape with a circular base and pointed top
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
• custard: Sweet, pudding-like dessert made with eggs, milk
• favourite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• artisan: One making art objects, etc. skillfully by hand
• parmesan: Strong aged Italian cheese, e.g. grated over pasta
• cranberry: Small, dark-red berry used for juice, etc.
• igloo: Domed house made of blocks of frozen snow
• pail: Bucket
• melon: Hard round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and seeds
• wafer: Thin light cookie often accompanying ice cream
• pokey: Wasting time; small and remote and insignificant
• sorbet: Frozen dessert made from fruit puree
• lolly: Ice cream or water ice on a small wooden stick