Vocabulary

• botanical garden: A garden dedicated to the collection, cultivation, and display of a wide range of plants, labeled with their botanical names.
• for the main: Intended for the primary or main person or thing.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• on alert: In a state of readiness or vigilance; watchful and prepared for potential danger or action.
• run up in: To become unexpectedly involved in a difficult or unpleasant situation.
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• companion: Someone who keeps you company, goes out with you
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• dawn: First light of day
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• great: Very good; better than before
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• nursery: Place where trees and plants are grown and sold
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• shepherd: Person's name
• cheetah: Fast large spotted cat found in Africa and Asia
• grunt: To utter a deep sound like that of a pig
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• botanical: Concerning plants or botany
• nanny: Woman paid to take care of the children of others
• cheerful: Feeling or showing happiness or optimism
• garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
• squeak: To make a short very high cry or sound
• camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• hiss: To make a very long 's' sound to show disapproval
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• dale: Area of low land between hills or mountains
• zoo: Place in a town where wild animals are shown