Vocabulary

• build a house: To construct a building for habitation.
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• have a go: To attempt or try something.
• stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• join in
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• over your head: Too difficult to understand.
• hand up: To raise one's hand in order to get attention, especially in a classroom.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• cap on: An upper limit or restriction on something, such as spending or quantity.
• color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• wardrobe: Stock of clothes belonging to a person
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• fill: To make something full
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• rubbish: To say someone's ideas/actions are no good
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pat: Person's name
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• shuffle: To change the order of items/people in a group
• brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
• siren: Device that produces loud warning sounds; alarm
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
• special: Being additional or extra
• boot: Footwear covering your foot and part of your leg
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
• ambulance: Vehicle equipped to transport sick, injured people
• truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
• knee: Middle part of your leg that bends
• zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
• stethoscope: Medical instrument to detect sounds in the body
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• lorry: Truck; a large vehicle for carrying goods
• salon: Place for hairdressing or beauty treatments
• firefighter: Person whose job is stopping and putting out fires
• shopkeeper: Merchant who owns or manages a shop
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
• motorbike: Motorcycle; vehicle with two wheels and an engine
• nee: Used to show original name of married woman