Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• wildest dreams: The most imaginative or unrealistic hopes or aspirations.
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• dread: To await with great fear
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• seek: To ask someone for help
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• gaze: Direction you are looking
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• legendary: Being a very famous sports player, actor etc.
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• paw: Foot of an animal that has claws like a dog or cat
• huddle: Tightly packed group
• sloth: Someone not wanting to work because they are lazy
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• jungle: Tropical area with many wild plants and animals
• crow: Large black bird
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• stun: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• squeak: To make a short very high cry or sound
• shriek: Loud high-pitched sound or scream
• bedtime: Time you go to bed
• misheard: To not properly hear something