Vocabulary

• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• huge: Very very large
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• leave: To go away from; depart
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• creature: Animal of any type
• flame: To glow
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• cramp: Sharp, unexpected pain when a muscle becomes tight
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• tummy: Stomach or belly
• great: Very good; better than before
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• pearl: Person's name
• spiky: Having a long sharp point
• battle: Military fight between armies
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• knot: Secure form of tying a rope, string etc.
• thorn: Sharp point on the stem/branches of some plants
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• unicorn: Horselike mythical animal with a horn on forehead
• bog: To get stuck, slowed down or become delayed
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• hedgehog: Small mammal making a spiky ball if threatened
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• dragon: Imaginary creatures that breathe fire
• mane: Long hair around face or neck of lions and horses
• gardener: Someone who takes care of a garden
• gnome: Small being living underground guarding treasure
• bee: Gathering to perform activities and tasks together
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she