Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• like no other: Unique; unparalleled; distinctly different from all others.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• out of doors: Outside, in the open air.
• set about: To begin or start to do something
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• make up: To invent or create a story
• without fear or favor: Acting fairly and impartially, without bias or influence.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• with difficulty: Indicates doing something with great effort or struggle.
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
• sweep away: To remove or destroy something completely.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• fly into: Suddenly become very angry or emotional.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• fly out: To leave a place by airplane.
• think over: To consider a problem or issue carefully
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• consider: To think carefully about something
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• contempt: Extreme lack of respect; strong disapproval
• rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• envy: Feeling of wanting something that someone else has
• porch: Roofed structure over the entrance of a building
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• shut: To stop being open for business
• great: Very good; better than before
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• disposition: Normal attitude or mood of someone
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• orchard: Area containing lots of fruit trees
• fortnight: A period of two weeks
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• exclaim: To say or shout something suddenly
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock
• fern: Type of plant with long, thin leaves
• birch: Type of tree whose leaves fall in winter
• fir: Type of evergreen tree
• woodland: Land that is covered with trees and shrubs
• gable: Triangular section at the end of a roof