DICTIONARDICTIONARYY

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AA ACROBATICS: ACROBATICS: the skills of an acrobatthe skills of an acrobat ADVENTUROUS: willing to try new or difficult ADVENTUROUS: willing to try new or difficult

things, or exciting and often dangerousthings, or exciting and often dangerous ANGRY: having a strong feeling against someone ANGRY: having a strong feeling against someone

who has behaved badly, making you want to who has behaved badly, making you want to shout at them or hurt themshout at them or hurt them

ACCIDENT: something bad which happens that is ACCIDENT: something bad which happens that is not expected or intended, and which often not expected or intended, and which often damages something or injures someonedamages something or injures someone

AFRAID: feeling fear, or feeling worry about the AFRAID: feeling fear, or feeling worry about the possible results of a particular situationpossible results of a particular situation

BB BALD: BALD: with little or no hair on the headwith little or no hair on the head BEARD: the hair that some men allow to grow on BEARD: the hair that some men allow to grow on

the lower part of their facethe lower part of their face BLONDE: with pale yellow or gold hairBLONDE: with pale yellow or gold hair BEHIND: BEHIND: at the back (of)at the back (of)

CC CLOTHES: CLOTHES: things such as dresses and trousers things such as dresses and trousers

that you wear to cover, protect or decorate your that you wear to cover, protect or decorate your bodybody

CLUB: an organization of people with a common CLUB: an organization of people with a common purpose or interest, who meet regularly and purpose or interest, who meet regularly and take part in shared activitiestake part in shared activities

CONCENTRATE: to direct your attention or your CONCENTRATE: to direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular activity, subject or efforts towards a particular activity, subject or problemproblem

CHURCH: a building for Christian religious CHURCH: a building for Christian religious activitiesactivities

D D DANCE: DANCE: to move the body and feet to musicto move the body and feet to music DIRECTLY: without anything else being involved DIRECTLY: without anything else being involved

or in betweenor in between DARK: with little or no lightDARK: with little or no light DESTRUCTION: DESTRUCTION: when something is destroyedwhen something is destroyed DISASTER: great harm, damage or death, or DISASTER: great harm, damage or death, or

serious difficultyserious difficulty

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ENTERTAINER: ENTERTAINER: someone whose job is to someone whose job is to entertain people by singing, telling jokes, etc.entertain people by singing, telling jokes, etc.

ENERGETIC: ENERGETIC: having or involving a lot of energyhaving or involving a lot of energy EMBARRASSED: feeling ashamed or shyEMBARRASSED: feeling ashamed or shy EVENT: EVENT: anything that happens, especially anything that happens, especially

something important or unusualsomething important or unusual

F F FOOD: FOOD: something that people and animals eat, something that people and animals eat,

or plants absorb, to keep them aliveor plants absorb, to keep them alive FOLKS: FOLKS: used when speaking informally to a used when speaking informally to a

group of peoplegroup of people FRIEND: FRIEND: a person who you know well and who a person who you know well and who

you like a lot, but who is usually not a member you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your familyof your family

FRIENDLY: FRIENDLY: behaving in a pleasant, kind way behaving in a pleasant, kind way towards someonetowards someone

FEARS: FEARS: an unpleasant emotion or thought that an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful or bad that is something dangerous, painful or bad that is happening or might happenhappening or might happen

GG GENEROUS: GENEROUS: willing to give money, help, willing to give money, help,

kindness, etc., especially more than is usual or kindness, etc., especially more than is usual or expectedexpected

GLASS: GLASS: a hard transparent material which is a hard transparent material which is used to make windows, bottles and other objectsused to make windows, bottles and other objects

GARAGE: GARAGE: a building where a car is kept, which is a building where a car is kept, which is built next to or as part of a housebuilt next to or as part of a house

GHOST: GHOST: the spirit of a dead person, sometimes the spirit of a dead person, sometimes represented as a pale, almost transparent image represented as a pale, almost transparent image of that person, which some people believe of that person, which some people believe appears to people who are aliveappears to people who are alive

H H HEDGE: HEDGE: a line of bushes or small trees planted a line of bushes or small trees planted

very close together, especially along the edge of very close together, especially along the edge of a garden, field or roada garden, field or road

HAPPY: HAPPY: feeling, showing or causing pleasure or feeling, showing or causing pleasure or satisfactionsatisfaction

HORRIFIED: very shockedHORRIFIED: very shocked

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JJ JEWELLERY:JEWELLERY:decorative objects worn on your decorative objects worn on your

clothes or body which are usually made from clothes or body which are usually made from valuable metals, such as gold and silver, and valuable metals, such as gold and silver, and precious stonesprecious stones

JUGGLE: JUGGLE: to throw several objects up into the air, to throw several objects up into the air, and then catch and throw them up repeatedly and then catch and throw them up repeatedly so that one or more stays in the air, usually in so that one or more stays in the air, usually in order to entertain peopleorder to entertain people

JUGLER: JUGLER: a person who juggles objects in order to a person who juggles objects in order to entertain peopleentertain people

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LL LISTEN:LISTEN:to give attention to someone or to give attention to someone or

something in order to hear themsomething in order to hear them LIVE: LIVE: broadcast as it happens or performing in broadcast as it happens or performing in

front of an audiencefront of an audience LEFT: LEFT: on or towards the side of your body that is on or towards the side of your body that is

to the west when you are facing northto the west when you are facing north LETHARGIC: LETHARGIC: having little energy; feeling having little energy; feeling

unwilling and unable to do anythingunwilling and unable to do anything LONG: LONG: continuing for a large amount of timecontinuing for a large amount of time

MM MAGIC: MAGIC: the use of special powers to make things the use of special powers to make things

happen which would usually be impossible, such happen which would usually be impossible, such as in stories for childrenas in stories for children

MUSICIAN: MUSICIAN: someone who is skilled in playing someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as their jobmusic, usually as their job

MOUSTACHE: MOUSTACHE: hair which a man grows above his hair which a man grows above his upper lipupper lip

MESSY: untidyMESSY: untidy MISERABLE: very unhappyMISERABLE: very unhappy MURDER: MURDER: the crime of intentionally killing a the crime of intentionally killing a

personperson

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OO OPPOSITE: completely differentOPPOSITE: completely different

PP PERFORMER: PERFORMER: a person who entertains people by a person who entertains people by

acting, singing, dancing or playing musicacting, singing, dancing or playing music PHOTOGRAPH: PHOTOGRAPH: a picture produced using a cameraa picture produced using a camera POLICE: POLICE: the official organization that is responsible the official organization that is responsible

for protecting people and property, making people for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed a crimeand catching people who have committed a crime

PUB:PUB:a building in Britain where alcoholic drinks can a building in Britain where alcoholic drinks can be bought and drunk and where food is often be bought and drunk and where food is often availableavailable

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RR REPORTER: REPORTER: a person whose job is to discover a person whose job is to discover

information about news events and describe information about news events and describe them for a newspaper or magazine or for radio or them for a newspaper or magazine or for radio or televisiontelevision

RIDE: RIDE:  to sit on a horse or a bicycle and travel  to sit on a horse or a bicycle and travel along on it controlling its movementsalong on it controlling its movements

RARELY: not oftenRARELY: not often REALISE: REALISE: to understand a situation, sometimes to understand a situation, sometimes

suddenlysuddenly RESTAURANT: RESTAURANT: a place where meals are prepared a place where meals are prepared

and served to customersand served to customers

SS SING:SING:to make musical sounds with the voice, to make musical sounds with the voice,

usually a tune with wordsusually a tune with words STRAIGHT: STRAIGHT: continuing in one direction without continuing in one direction without

bending or curvingbending or curving SELFISH: SELFISH: Someone who is selfish only thinks of Someone who is selfish only thinks of

their own advantagetheir own advantage SHORT:SHORT:small in length, distance or heightsmall in length, distance or height SCARED: frightened or worriedSCARED: frightened or worried SUCCESS: SUCCESS: the achieving of the results wanted or the achieving of the results wanted or

hoped forhoped for

TT TRICK: TRICK: an action which is intended to deceive, either an action which is intended to deceive, either

as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form of as a way of cheating someone, or as a joke or form of entertainmententertainment

THEATRE: THEATRE: a building, room or outside structure with a building, room or outside structure with rows of seats, each row usually higher than the one rows of seats, each row usually higher than the one in front, from which people can watch a performance in front, from which people can watch a performance or other activityor other activity

TRANSFORM: TRANSFORM: to change completely the appearance to change completely the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so or character of something or someone, especially so that they are improvedthat they are improved

TREAT: TREAT: to behave towards someone or deal with to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular waysomething in a particular way

UU UNICYCLE:UNICYCLE:a vehicle like a bicycle with only one a vehicle like a bicycle with only one

wheelwheel UGLY: UGLY: unpleasant to look at; not attractiveunpleasant to look at; not attractive UNTIDY: not tidyUNTIDY: not tidy

V V VILLAGE:VILLAGE:a group of houses and other buildings, a group of houses and other buildings,

such as a church, a school and some shops, such as a church, a school and some shops, which is smaller than a town, usually in the which is smaller than a town, usually in the countrysidecountryside

VICTORY: VICTORY: when you win a game, competition, when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc.election, war, etc.

W W WEDDING: WEDDING: a marriage ceremony and any a marriage ceremony and any

celebrations such as a meal or a party which celebrations such as a meal or a party which follow itfollow it

WEIRD: WEIRD: very strange and unusual, unexpected very strange and unusual, unexpected or not naturalor not natural

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