Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• by the day: With each passing day; daily.
• run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
• over the fence: Beyond a physical or figurative boundary or limit.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• lay an egg: To fail completely or produce a poor result, especially in performance.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• close by: Near in distance; nearby.
• kill me: An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• in the clear: Free from suspicion or blame; exonerated.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• storm brewing: A situation where trouble or conflict is developing.
• under water: Beneath the surface of water.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• win over: To convince others to support you or your ideas
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• hold your horses: To wait and be patient; to not be so fast or impulsive.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• miserable: Very unhappy
• spot: A certain place or area
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• silly: Careless
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• creature: Animal of any type
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• immortal: Not subject to death; that will never die
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• mermaid: Creature with top half a woman, bottom half a fish
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• cottage: Small house in the country
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• graceful: Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
• castle: Large defensive building in historical times
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• shy: Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
• glide: To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
• pond: Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
• sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• mistress: Woman in sexual relationship with a married man
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• crept: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• hen: Adult female chicken
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• moor: To tie up a boat so it will not float away
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother