Vocabulary

• turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• have to: Must do
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• put under: To administer an anaesthetic to someone.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• vanity: When you are too proud of your appearance/ability
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• own: To have something as your property
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
• reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
• mermaid: Creature with top half a woman, bottom half a fish
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• pet: Animal kept by a person for company and friendship
• lamp: Device to produce light, using electricity/oil/gas
• title: Book produced by a publisher
• jewel: Precious stone like a diamond; gem
• genie: Magic spirit that can make wishes come true
• beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
• beggar: Poor person who asks others for money and food
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• jasmine: Plant producing flowers and a sweet smell
• tiger: Large wild cat with orange fur and black lines
• whew: Sound people make when they are relieved
• sultan: Ruler of a Muslim country or state