Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• going on: To continue doing something
• laugh with: To share a feeling of amusement with someone
• pass by: To go past someone or something.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• fluffy: Containing air and being light in weight
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• ceiling: Top part of a room above your head
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• peek: To look at something quickly (often secretly)
• nod: Movement of your head to agree or say hello
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
• wiggle: To move from side to side with short fast movement
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• dodge: To attempt to avoid something
• giggle: To laugh in a childish or silly way
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
• wobbly: Moving with a rocking or staggering motion
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• rumble: Low, heavy continuous sound or series of sounds
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• backpack: Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
• clap: To make loud sounds by striking the hands together
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• lastly: In conclusion; at the final part of something
• bouncy: Easily returning to previous state or position
• ballet: Form of theater telling a story in music and dance
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• ballerina: Classical dancer who performs in a ballet
• granny: Grandmother
• whoosh: Sound made when something moves quickly past you
• disco: Public dance hall for dancing to popular music
• bobbin: Winder around which thread, tape, film is wound
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