Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• join in
• have to: Must do
• go on: To continue doing something
• bash out: To produce something quickly and without much care or attention to detail, especially a piece of writing.
• on a trip: Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• marvelous: Extraordinarily good or great
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• hop: Dance party
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pesky: Causing irritation or annoyance
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• rug: Small carpet; material used to cover a floor
• pat: Person's name
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• bush: A wooden plant that is smaller than a tree
• pirate: To copy or sell a product illegally
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• goodness: (Used to express slight surprise)
• drum: To make a rhythmic sound with your fingers
• dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• mat: Piece of material used to cover, protect the floor
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• gingerbread: Cake flavored with ginger
• jog: To run at a steady, slow pace
• peg: Person's name
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• cot: Bed with high sides for a baby
• hen: Adult female chicken
• touchdown: Getting ball over touch line in American football
• din: A loud, persistent noise
• boogie: To dance to fast popular music
• jig: Lively dance
• mama: A mother
• teddy: A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear