Vocabulary

• written in stone: Impossible to change or alter; fixed and permanent.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• leave: To go away from; depart
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
• shut: To stop being open for business
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• tide: Way opinions or events are developing or changing
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• thunder: Loud sound
• burn: To destroy with fire
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• live: To be alive
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• speechless: Temporarily unable to speak, as through shock
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• voice: Ability to sing well
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• stone: Hard, solid piece of rock
• unspoken: Expressed without speech
• sky: The place where we see clouds above us