Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
• pp: Shortened form of 'pages'
• easier: Less difficult than
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• undo: To open, untie or loosen something
• wash: To clean someone or something with soap and water
• website: Collection of webpages in one location
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• student: Person studying at school
• teach: To help someone learn or do something
• ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• lazy: Not liking to work or make an effort; idle
• staff: Employees of a company
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• beginning: To do the first part of an action; to start
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• pronounced: To state something in a legal or official way
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• voice: Ability to sing well
• fasten: To attach things by pinning, tying, or nailing
• smile: To put up the corners of mouth to show happiness
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• chapter: Small local group forming part of a larger one
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• gap: Distance between two objects
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• mumble: Speech that is not clear enough or loud enough
• sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
• redo: To do over again
• choir: Group of people who sing together e.g. in church
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• symbol: Image that means or represents something
• anger: To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
• joy: Deep happiness and pleasure about something
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• filthy: Being very rude (about sex, bodily functions)
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• grudge: Ongoing anger toward someone who upset you
• handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• ch: Abbreviation for Chapter
• phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
• sh: Sound people make to make someone be quiet
• tt
• bb: A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun
• ww: WW is an acronym
• rr: RR is an acronym
• dd: DD is an acronym
• ff
• mm: Something you say when you are satisfied
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• unvoice: To change a voiced sound into a voiceless one
• beige: A pale brown color
• snip: To cut using a light movement with scissors