Vocabulary

• in the post: Sent by mail or postal service.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• have to: Must do
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• leave: To go away from; depart
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• eager: Very excited and interested
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• tummy: Stomach or belly
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• peek: To look at something quickly (often secretly)
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• parcel: A package or box wrapped in paper sent in the mail
• dinosaur: Reptile that lived millions of years ago
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• anymore: No longer; no more
• close: Almost; near
• frighten: To make someone afraid or nervous
• camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• kitchen: Place where food is cooked
• zebra: Black-and-white striped African horse-like animal
• toy: Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
• postman: Man who delivers the mail