Vocabulary

• speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• going on: To continue doing something
• fat chance: Little or no chance; used to express disbelief that something will happen.
• box in: To trap or prevent movement by surrounding closely.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• beard: Hair that grows on a man's face
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• bird: Animal with feathers that uses wings to fly
• talk: Style of speaking
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• dear: Loved or valued very much
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
• foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
• plural: Being more than one person or thing
• ship: Large boat
• pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
• ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
• boot: Footwear covering your foot and part of your leg
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• fill: To make something full
• call: A order or request for action
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• dead: Not alive
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• cough: To suddenly expel air from the lungs
• truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
• confusing: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• smell: To have a particular odor
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• alive: Living; not dead
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
• wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
• ward: Person's name
• cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• sword: A long metal weapon with a sharp point and edge
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• masculine: Having the characteristics associated with males
• feminine: Concerning or relating to females
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• goodness: (Used to express slight surprise)
• goose: Large water bird related to a duck
• recite: To speak aloud a passage from memory
• shim: Thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
• moose: Large deer with big antlers found in colder areas
• ox: Cow-like animal kept for providing milk or meat
• beet: Type of vegetable with a thick, purplish root
• bead: Small round thing made from stone, glass, liquid
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• cork: The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
• deed: Something that is done; act or action
• font: Size or style of type
• dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread