Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• king of beasts: A title for the lion, symbolizing strength and dominance over animals.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• sin: Act that breaks a religious law
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• chuckle: To laugh quietly, as when amused
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• mermaid: Creature with top half a woman, bottom half a fish
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• alike: Equally; applied equally to several people/things
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• title: Book produced by a publisher
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• nominate: To choose someone to fill a certain position
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• overrate: To put too high a value or worth on; overpraise
• wolf: A dog-like wild animal
• beware: To be careful, used in warning someone
• magic: Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
• beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
• interlude: Short period of inactivity between events
• candle: Stick of wax with a string you light to make light
• moon: To expose your buttocks as a joke
• hunk: An attractive man, e.g. with lots of muscles
• jasmine: Plant producing flowers and a sweet smell
• thump: Sound produced by a heavy blow; the blow
• belle: Young woman noted for being pretty and graceful
• mademoiselle: Used as a courtesy title of an unmarried woman