Vocabulary

• like a train: In a powerful, unstoppable manner.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• have to: Must do
• land on: To come down to the ground or another surface after flying or falling.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• pop off: To leave a place, usually for a short time.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• very top: The highest point or part of something.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• end in: To have something as the final result.
• go on: To continue doing something
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• silly: Careless
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• stink: To smell terrible
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• naughty: Behaving badly, e.g. so as to annoy adults
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• comfy: In a position that feels just right
• great: Very good; better than before
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• pesky: Causing irritation or annoyance
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• pat: Person's name
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• tornado: Violent storm with strong winds
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• grass: To betray someone
• asleep: In a state of sleep; sleeping
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• rust: Reddish brown color
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• tremble: To shake a little, as due to an earthquake
• lullaby: Quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
• close: Almost; near
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• zap: To change channels quickly on TV
• marvellous: Extraordinarily good or great
• tiptoe: On tiptoe (walking) on your toes so as to be quiet
• drunken: (Of a rage, stupor, etc.) when a person is drunk
• shoelace: String used for fastening shoes
• teapot: Pot for brewing tea with a spout and handle
• pip: To just beat someone in a competition
• yee: The sound made to surprise someone