Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• scare off: To deter or discourage someone from doing something by frightening them.
• cut through: To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• step in it: To do or say something embarrassing or wrong.
• in the bag: Assured of success; certain to be achieved.
• rub it in: To emphasize someone's mistake or misfortune, often to make them feel worse.
• on your marks: A command given to competitors at the start of a race, telling them to take their starting positions.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• gobble up: To eat something quickly and greedily.
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• at least: As a minimum
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• off the table: No longer being considered or discussed.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• check out
• fend off: To defend and keep (threats) at distance
• stick together: To support each other; remain united.
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• cuddle: To hold in your arms to show love or care for
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• fluffy: Containing air and being light in weight
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• huge: Very very large
• steer: A cow
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• stray: To deviate or go away from the established norm
• annoy: To make someone angry
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• gobble: To eat or swallow something quickly
• sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• fussy: Complaining often; difficult to please
• special: Being additional or extra
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• wool: Soft, thick hair of sheep, used for clothing
• close: Almost; near
• dung: Excretion from animals
• beetle: Insect with a hard, usually black body and 8 legs
• beak: Hard pointed parts of a bird's mouth; bill
• imprint: Mark or figure impressed or printed on something
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• knitting: To join or be joined closely together
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• chomp: To chew noisily and strongly
• bony: With the bones showing; skinny
• sandy: Person's name
• poo: Feces
• sparky: Slang name for an electrician
• gran: Your mother or father's mother
• bluey: Kind of blue color