This book will give you the tools and techniques needed to lift the veil and see the unseen.

Once you have this sight, you will never see things the same way again.

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See? No goblins. Do you think they've given up?

Wrong! Goblins don't give up. They're too stupid to know how. They're relentless and they're out there, right now, plotting.

Which is why I came back for you. Now is the perfect time to bird. Bird!

Oh, come here, come here, come here. Don't go up there. No, come here.

What is that? It's hogsquill.

Wait a minute. Do birds live in these little houses?

Yeah. Oh my gosh, that's genius. Who thought of that? You can stick your tongue right in a hogsquill.

Let me bring you some context here. The Grace family has just discovered a hidden world of magical creatures in Spider Week.

They also find a special book written by their ancestor, which holds secrets about these creatures.

See? No goblins. Do you think they've given up?

Wrong! Goblins don't give up.

Here we see Hogsquill, a hobgoblin who has decided to help the children.

He's warning them that the goblins haven't given up on trying to steal the book.

Remember, this book contains important knowledge about how to protect magical creatures.

By saying that goblins never give up, he means that they never quit or stop trying to achieve their goal.

They're too stupid to know how. They're relentless and they're out there right now, plotting.

Which is why I came back for you. Now is the perfect time to...

Hogsquill goes on to describe the goblins as relentless.

In this context, if you are relentless, you won't stop or give up.

Hogsquill is basically saying that the goblins are heartless creatures and nothing will stop them.

Check this example from How to Train Your Dragon.

In some other contexts, the word relentless can have a positive meaning when talking about determination and persistence in pursuing your goals.

Relentless means persistent and unstoppable.

And they're out there right now, plotting.

Which is why I came back for you. Now is the perfect time to...

Hogsquill goes on to describe the goblins as relentless.

They're out there right now, plotting.

Which is why I came back for you. Now is the perfect time to...

Plotting is secretly scheming and planning something, just like Jafar in a Latin movie.

My most trusted counselor plotting against me all this time.

This is horrible, just horrible. How will I ever...

Can you hear the drop of the H sound?

It happens in the word hear, so what we hear is come here, come here.

Hogsquill eats birds, that's why when he sees a birdhouse that can work as a trap, he exclaims, that's genius.

Something genius is something smart, brilliant, or innovative.

Similar phrases would be, wow, that's really smart, or that's a great idea.

A difficult phrase for pronunciation. Who thought of that?

First of all, we have here a TH sound, a flap T at the end of thought, thought of, thought of, but then OFF gets reduced just to a simple schwa sound and links all three words together.

You can pause and try to repeat the phrase several times.

Do birds live in these little houses?

Yeah.

Oh my gosh, that's genius, who thought of that? You can stick your tongue right in a horse.

Do you know this animal? It's an anteater and it uses its long tongue to catch ants from the termite nests.

It sticks its tongue right in, so to stick in means to insert.

We can stick in a plug into a socket and you can commonly hear another phrase in this context, which is to plug in.

But there's something very important that all parents say to their kids, never stick your fingers in a socket, that's dangerous.

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Hogsquill has a plan to outsmart those wicked goblins, but he can't do it alone.

He needs a team of brave recruits to help him set a trap.

Are you ready to learn some new vocabulary with me? Let's do it!

I understand. I talked to Spiderwick. I shared Hobgoblin's secrets.

But Mulgarath stole just that one page, then used it to kill my entire family.

If he gets a hold of the whole book, he will do the same to everyone, including you!

And now he's coming, when the moon rises, he said.

But we'll be waiting. We'll set a trap.

You, with your knife, and me, hiding safely near these bird homes.

What is that? Who's up there?

Oh, more humongous humans!

Recruits for the alliance!

Join us on our quest! Vengeance or death!

Hopefully vengeance.

Okay, here's the plan.

No, no, wait, wait, wait! We must unite!

We must stay focused!

You don't understand. I talked to Spiderwick. I shared Hobgoblin's secrets.

But Mulgarath stole just that one page, then used it to kill my entire family.

If he gets a hold of the whole book, he will do the same to everyone, including you!

When Hogsquill warns the kids about Mulgarath, the goblin's leader, we can see how worried he is.

Because if Mulgarath gets his hands on the entire book, something terrible will happen.

To get a hold of is a great expression that means to obtain or possess something.

Imagine you are reaching for a toy on a shelf.

When you stretch out your hand and finally grab the toy, you've gotten a hold of it.

This expression is also commonly used to refer to contacting or reaching a person.

Another common phrase is to get a hold of yourself.

This means to regain control of your emotions, to calm down.

For example, this clip from The Simpsons, when Homer gets overly excited,

Marge tells him to calm down or to get a hold of himself.

And yes, it's true.

When Homer gets overly excited, Marge tells him to calm down or to get a hold of himself.

To calm down or to get a hold of himself.

Note that Hogsquill is talking about a consequence that may take place in the future.

If he gets a hold of the book, something bad will happen.

He will do the same to everyone, including you!

You should remember that in conditional sentences like this, where you talk about a realistic possibility or a future consequence, the if part will be in the simple present and the second part in the simple future.

This is the conditional sentence of the first type.

You don't understand. I talked to Spiderwick.

This happens many words with the anti-combination like internet or winter.

So he says, you don't understand.

You don't understand.

You don't understand.

And now he's coming when the moon rises, he said.

But we'll be waiting.

We'll set a trap, you with your knife and me hiding safely near these bird homes.

If you find a mouse sneaking around your kitchen, you'll probably want to set a mouse trap with some tasty cheese to catch it.

But setting a trap isn't always about catching a rodent.

It can also be a clever way to outsmart your enemies.

It means anticipating their next move and creating a situation where their plan totally backfires or fails.

And now he's coming.

Do you remember how we drop the sound T in the anti-letters combination?

This happens a lot to the sound D in the word and.

Then the sound H is dropped in he and what we hear is, and now he's coming.

Now he's coming.

And now he's coming.

What is that? Who's up there?

Oh, more humongous humans.

Recruits for the alliance.

Join us on our quest.

If you see the skyscrapers for the very first time, the word you might be looking for is humongous.

Hawksquill is exaggerating a bit for comedic effect, but he's essentially saying that the kids are very tall compared to him.

So humongous is extremely large or gigantic, just like these Buddha statues in Myanmar.

If you love to travel, tell us in the comments what is the tallest statue or building you've ever seen.

And don't forget to use the word humongous in your example.

What is that? Who's up there?

Oh, more humongous humans.

Recruits for the alliance.

Join us on our quest. Vengeance or death.

In this scene, Hawksquill is hoping Simon and Mallory will be his recruits.

That means he wants to form an alliance or a team with a common goal and to invite them on his and Jared's epic quest to rescue the book from the goblins.

A quest is like a big exciting adventure or a long search for something important.

So Hawksquill sees Simon and Mallory as reinforcement, like extra help on his team.

But the word recruit has a wider meaning too.

It's anyone who's new to a group, like the military or sports team or even a company.

Speaking about companies, you might hear the word recruiting in the business world.

That means actively looking for a new talent.

So a recruiter is someone whose job it is to find and hire these employees.

Vengeance is a powerful desire for revenge.

To pay back something negative that was done to you.

Malgorath used the book's magic to kill Hawksquill's family.

And so when Hawksquill cries out vengeance or death, although sounding a bit too dramatical, he's showing his desire to fight Malgorath in revenge with the little help of his new friends.

Hey, have you ever wondered where Hawksquill got his name from?

It's a mix of hog, meaning pig, and squeal, the high-pitched sound pigs make.

But squealing can also mean something else, especially in slang.

If kids are squealing, they might be making loud noises, crying or even complaining loudly.

In slang, squealing can also mean gossiping about someone or disclosing information to the authorities.

Check this out here.

It's okay, they won't tell anyone, Asha.

Right, about the chickens.

We got you, right, Gobble?

I don't squeal.

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And now it's time for a test.

See? No goblins.

Do you think they've given up?

Wrong! Goblins don't give up.

They're too stupid to know how.

They're relentless and they're out there, right now, plotting.

Which is why I came back for you.

Now is the perfect time to bird.

What are the words similar to the word relentless?

Fierce, resolute, merciful.

See? No goblins.

Do you think they've given up?

Wrong! Goblins don't give up.

They're too stupid to know how.

They're relentless and they're out there, right now, plotting.

Which is why I came back for you.

Now is the perfect time to bird.

What are the words similar to the word relentless?

Fierce, resolute, merciful.

Which is why I came back for you.

Now is the perfect time to bird.

If you're plotting, you're...

Scheming?

Swimming?

Telling stories?

What does the word humongous mean?

It means extremely large.

We must unite! We must stay focused!