Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• walk down: To walk along or down something.
• down memory lane: A nostalgic journey into the past, recalling pleasant memories.
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• lounge: Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
• row: To move a boat using oars
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• lane: Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• proficient: Being very skilled at something; being expert at
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• ward: Person's name
• area: Amount of measured space
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• coat: Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
• parlor: Room in a home, that is used for receiving guests
• lavender: Plant with pale purple flowers, giving scented oil
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
• long: Person's name
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• anymore: No longer; no more
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• upstairs: On a floor above
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• crib: Young child's bed with barred side; cot
• dine: To eat
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
• wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
• darling: Dearly loved person
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• elk: Largest North American deer that has a lot of hair
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• gout: Painful inflammation of the big toe and foot
• riff: Short series of repeated notes in music