Vocabulary

• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• brush up: To improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of
• planted on: To deceive someone
• listen out: To pay attention in order to hear a particular sound.
• next to: Being located along side another
• walk down: To walk along or down something.
• check out
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• scent: To become aware of the presence of a smell, etc.
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• commerce: Buying and selling of goods and services; trade
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
• bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
• bouquet: Bunch or collection of flowers
• acre: An area of land 64m by 64m (4046.8 sq. m....)
• sparse: Being few in number and often widely spread
• uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
• bathe: To be covered completely in something, e.g. light
• gardener: Someone who takes care of a garden
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• victorian: Typical of 19th century standards or conduct
• woodland: Land that is covered with trees and shrubs