Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• on the run: Fleeing or trying to escape, especially from the police.
• face off: To oppose one another (often in sports)
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• adorable: Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• spooky: Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• sharp: Person's name
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• point: An item to be discussed
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
• shadow: To cover something with shade
• peek: To look at something quickly (often secretly)
• attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
• exclamation: Abrupt excited utterance
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
• unsuspecting: Not feeling doubts or suspicions
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• smell: To have a particular odor
• kid: Child or young person
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• upstairs: On a floor above
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• dusty: (Of a color) having a slightly grayish hue
• musty: Smelling old and damp from lack of fresh air
• bunny: Rabbits
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
• meow: Cry like a cat
• pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
• kitty: Amount of money a group of people share