Vocabulary

• like a train: In a powerful, unstoppable manner.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• stick by
• have to: Must do
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• to the rescue: Arriving in time to help or save someone from danger.
• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• lay down on: To neglect duties or avoid work or effort.
• on the loose: Having escaped from captivity; free to move around without restraint.
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
• time flies: Used to express that time seems to pass very quickly.
• down in the dumps: Feeling sad, depressed, or discouraged.
• in the dumps: Feeling sad or depressed.
• silly me: An expression used to acknowledge one's own foolishness or mistake in a lighthearted or self-deprecating way.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• dish out: To give or say things to people without thinking about them carefully
• jump to it: To start doing something quickly and enthusiastically.
• over the moon
• join in
• once upon a time: A conventional phrase used to begin fairy tales and other stories.
• upon a time: An introductory phrase used to begin a story, typically a fairy tale.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• have a go: To attempt or try something.
• jog on: Telling someone to go away, often abruptly or dismissively.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• silly: Careless
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• wicked: Morally bad; evil
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• tick: To function properly or normally
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• hop: Dance party
• hearty: (Of emotions) warm and sincere
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• excellent: Extremely good
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• cricket: Sport played by two teams hitting a ball with bats
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• asleep: In a state of sleep; sleeping
• hog: To claim or use most of something, in a greedy way
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• bog: To get stuck, slowed down or become delayed
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• cog: Toothed wheel fitting into others to turn machines
• hiccup: A spasm of the diaphragm emitting a sharp sound
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• shoelace: String used for fastening shoes
• frog: Small hopping amphibian
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing
• hick: Someone who is awkward, simple and provincial
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she