Vocabulary

• slip away: To leave a place quietly or secretly, often to avoid attention.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• let: To allow someone to do something
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• live: To be alive
• hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• sky: The place where we see clouds above us
• racing: To take part in a running or swimming competition
• ohh: Expression showing surprise