“Hey, I think we’ve found something important,” said Carter.
serious
Burglary is a serious problem in this area.
bin VERB
If you bin something, you throw it away.
discard
Mum tried to persuade Dad to discard his old jacket.
scrap
She decided to scrap everything she’d written so far.
bind VERB
If you bind something, you tie something like string or cloth tightly round it so that it is held in place.
attach
In our first-aid class, we were taught to attach splints to a damaged limb.
fasten
The woodcutter always fastens the firewood with twine.
join
Simon used extra-strong tape to join the broken struts together.
tie
“I’ll tie a handkerchief round your leg to stop the bleeding,” said Mum.
bird NOUN
A bird is an animal with two legs, two wings and feathers.
PET BIRDS:
budgerigar
cockatiel
FARM BIRDS:
chicken
duck
goose
turkey
BIRDS THAT LIVE NEAR WATER:
coot
curlew
duck
flamingo
goose
gull
kingfisher
moorhen
pelican
penguin
puffin
stork
swan
BRITISH GARDEN BIRDS:
blackbird
blue tit
chaffinch
robin
sparrow
thrush
wren
BIRDS OF PREY:
buzzard
eagle
falcon
kestrel
owl
OTHER BIRDS:
emu
kiwi
kookaburra
ostrich
parrot
peacock
vulture
bit NOUN
A bit of something is a small piece of it.
chip
We found a chip of Roman pottery in the garden.
chunk
Henry broke off a chunk of chocolate.
crumb
Under the table, birds were pecking at leftover crumbs.
fragment
They were looking for fossils but found only a small fragment of bone.
morsel
Oliver was so hungry he ate up every last morsel of pie.
part
Julia liked the part in the film where owls brought messages.
piece
She couldn’t finish the jigsaw. There was one piece missing.
portion
Every guest had a portion of cheese.
scrap
There was an interesting scrap of paper at the crime scene.
shred
The kitten tore the curtains to shreds.
slab
A slab of white stone covered the mouth of the tomb.
speck
If there was a speck of dust my mum would find it.
body NOUN
Your body is every part of you.
boil VERB
When liquid boils, it bubbles.
bubble
Stew bubbled furiously on the stove.
foam
Warm the butter until it foams.
froth
Hot milk rose in the pan and frothed over the top.
heat
Heat the mixture for five minutes.
book NOUN
A book is a number of pages held together inside a cover.
KINDS OF BOOKS:
album
atlas
diary
dictionary
encyclopedia
jotter
manual
notebook
novel
storybook
textbook
thesaurus
boring ADJECTIVE
Something boring is so dull that you have no interest in it.
dreary
We spent a dreary afternoon queuing for concert tickets.
dull
The film was so dull that William fell asleep in the middle of it.
monotonous
The television presenter droned on in a monotonous voice.
➔ mind-numbing
ANTONYM: exciting
bottom (1) NOUN
The bottom of something is the lowest part of it.
base
There