Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• by the day: With each passing day; daily.
• run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
• over the fence: Beyond a physical or figurative boundary or limit.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• lay an egg: To fail completely or produce a poor result, especially in performance.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• close by: Near in distance; nearby.
• kill me: An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• in the clear: Free from suspicion or blame; exonerated.
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• spot: A certain place or area
• miserable: Very unhappy
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• creature: Animal of any type
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
• gloomy: (E.g. of a room) dark; dim; poorly lit
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• scared: To become frightened
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• thunder: Loud sound
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• prisoner: Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• cottage: Small house in the country
• graceful: Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
• glide: To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• pond: Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
• look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• hen: Adult female chicken
• unsteady: Variable; subject to change
• lake: Large area of water surrounded by land
• safe: Highly likely
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• moor: To tie up a boat so it will not float away
• meow: Cry like a cat
• newcomer: Person who arrives, often with a promising future
• drake: Male duck
• cluck: To make a noise like a chicken