Vocabulary

• steady on: An exclamation used to tell someone to be careful or to slow down.
• have to: Must do
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
• upside: Above, over
• paddle: Long stick with a flat end used to move a boat
• castle: Large defensive building in historical times
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• beach: Large area of sand, next to an area of water
• spotty: Having spots or acne
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from