Vocabulary

• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• amateur: Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
• fairy: Small imaginary being that can do magic
• bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• arrow: Symbol used on road signs to show direction
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• cloak: Long loose garment worn over clothes, for warmth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• brute: Man who is extremely violent or mean
• olive: Person's name
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• sailor: Someone who helps sail a boat as their job
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• princess: Daughter of a king and queen
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• late: At a time after the expected time
• prince: Person's name
• boss: Person in charge of you at work
• midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• thee: An old-fashioned word for you
• cuckoo: Bird that lays its eggs in the nest of other birds
• riff: Short series of repeated notes in music
• kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
• ye: Old word for 'you' in the plural
• godfather: Man who acts as a sponsor for a child at baptism
• cometh: To move toward someone; go with someone (old use)