Vocabulary

• broken leg: A fracture in one of the bones of the leg.
• 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.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• bear fruit: To produce good results or success after effort.
• going on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• ran up to: Approached quickly by running.
• hour of need: A critical or difficult time when help is needed.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• poverty: State of being poor
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• generous: Giving or ready to give freely
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• conceal: To hide; prevent from being discovered
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• remorse: Sense of guilt for something bad you did
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• hideous: Very ugly; frightening-looking
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• porch: Roofed structure over the entrance of a building
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• greedy: Wanting to have more of something than you need
• annoy: To make someone angry
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• cruelty: Intention to hurt others or be mean to them
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• pointless: Being without a purpose or meaning
• live: To be alive
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• long: Person's name
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• newfound: Newly discovered
• sparrow: Small, very common bird with gray brown feathers
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• goblin: Fictional creature that likes to cause trouble