Vocabulary

• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• in good health: Being in a state of physical and mental well-being; not sick or injured.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• by all means: Certainly; of course
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• back away: To stop being involved with, as through fear
• check out
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• silly: Careless
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
• frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• supper: Evening meal, often when informal
• splendid: Very impressive and beautiful
• sting: To be aroused to anger or action
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• frost: To form ice on the surfaces in cold weather
• snug: Warm and comfortable; cozy, as in a small room
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• mint: Candies with the taste of mint
• crocodile: Large meat-eating reptile that can swim
• wasp: Black and yellow flying insect that can sting
• nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
• wink: To quickly close one eye, as when making a signal
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• sparrow: Small, very common bird with gray brown feathers