Vocabulary

• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• fetch: To go and get something and bring it back
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
• troll: Ugly dwarf in fairy tales, e.g. with long hair
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
• teeny: Very small
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• arrow: Symbol used on road signs to show direction
• bush: A wooden plant that is smaller than a tree
• paw: Foot of an animal that has claws like a dog or cat
• clerk: Person who works in a store or bank
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• owl: Bird with large eyes that hunts at night
• sigh: Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• coffin: Wooden box in which a dead body is put
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
• sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
• linen: Cloth made from fibers of the flax plant
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• beetle: Insect with a hard, usually black body and 8 legs
• bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
• fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
• love: Person's name
• bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
• cock: Adult male chicken
• sparrow: Small, very common bird with gray brown feathers
• hen: Adult female chicken
• kite: Toy flown in the wind on a long string
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• rainbow: Curved line of colors in the sky during rainfall
• robin: Person's name
• mourner: Person grieving at a funeral
• parson: Christian priest or minister