(TESOL Worksheets--The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, Story Time ESL Listening)
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The Boy Who Wanted to Learn How to Shudder: Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale #4
(Original Title: The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn about Fear)
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The Boy Who Wanted to Learn How to Shudder: Grimm Brothers Fairy Tale #4
Once upon a time, there lived a father who had two teenage sons. The older son was smart and reasonable and could do anything. But the younger son was stupid, and could neither learn anything nor understand anything. And whenever people saw the younger son, they said, “There’s a boy who will certainly give his father some trouble.”
Whenever there was anything that needed to be done, it was always the older son who had to do it, because the younger son was too stupid. But the older son had one weakness. He was afraid of dark places. Whenever the father needed him to go out at night and get something, especially if it involved going past a graveyard, the older son would say, “Oh no father. I won’t go there. It makes me shudder!” (To “shudder” means to shake with fear.)
But the younger son would sit in the corner and listen to his father and brother talk. And he could not understand what they meant. “My brother is always saying, ‘It makes me shudder! It makes me shudder!’ ” thought the youngest son to himself. “But it doesn’t make me shudder. I wonder why. Maybe it’s because I don’t understand anything.”
One day, the father said to the younger son, “Listen to me son. You are growing up now, and you are getting tall and strong. You should start doing some work. Look at your brother. Your brother works very hard every day. But you do nothing. You should learn how to do a job.”
“Well father,” said the younger son, “I am quite willing to learn something, if indeed I can do it. I would very much like to learn how to shudder. I don’t understand that at all.”
The older brother heard this, and smiled to himself. “How stupid my younger brother is!” he thought to himself. “He will never be good for anything as long as he lives!”
The father sighed, and answered the younger son, “Someday you will learn how to shudder. But you will never be able to get a job by shuddering. You must learn something useful.”
Shortly after that, a priest came to the house on a visit. (A “priest” is someone who works in a church.) The father complained to the priest for a long time about his youngest son, and how the boy knew nothing, and could learn nothing.
“My son is so stupid,” said the father. “Listen to this: I asked him what kind of job he wanted to learn, and he said he that he wanted to learn to shudder.”
“If that’s all he wants to learn,” said the priest, “then he can learn that with me. Send him to me, and I will teach him to shudder.”
The father was glad to do this, because he thought, “Maybe the priest can teach him something useful.”
And so, the youngest son was sent to stay with the priest in the church. Now, this church had a tower, and at the top of the tower was a bell. (A “tower” is a high part of a building.) The boy was given the job of ringing the bell.
After two days, the priest woke the boy up at midnight, and told him to go to the top of the tower and ring the bell. This was because the priest had a plan to scare the boy, and make him shudder. While the boy was going up to ring the bell, the priest covered himself in white in order to look just like a ghost.
When the boy got to the top of the tower, and was just about to ring the bell, he saw a person all in white standing next to the bell. (This person was really the priest in disguise). “Who are you?” said the boy, but the man in white did not say anything. “You must give an answer,” said the boy, “or you must go away. You should not be in the church at night like this.”
The priest, however, still said nothing. He was trying to make the boy think he was a ghost.
The boy called out a second time. “What do you want? You must give me an answer, or I will throw you down the stairs.”
The priest thought, “He won’t really throw me down the stairs. He can’t really be that bad.” So the priest still stayed quiet.
The boy called out to him a third time. “Speak. This is your last chance.” But the priest still said nothing. So the boy ran over, and pushed the priest down the stairs. The priest fell down ten steps, and landed on the bottom of the stairs, where he lay still and did not move.
The boy rang the bell, and then went back to bed.
In the morning, the priest’s wife was worried, because the priest was nowhere to be found. She asked the boy, “Do you know where my husband is? I can’t find him anywhere. He climbed up the bell tower with you last night. Did you see him?”
“I don’t think so,” answered the boy. “But I did meet a strange man in the bell tower last night. He wouldn’t say anything, so I thought he must be a bad man, and I threw him down the stairs. Go and see if that was your husband. I will be very sorry if it turns out that it was him.”
The woman ran up the stairs, and found her husband lying in the corner. He was moaning (“moaning” means to make a low sound when you are in pain), and he had broken his leg.
She carried her husband down the stairs and put him in his bed. Then she hurried to see the boy’s father. “Your boy,” she said, “is terrible. He has thrown my husband down the stairs and made him break his leg. Take that terrible boy out of my house.”
The poor father was very worried, and he went and scolded his boy. (To “scold” means to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.) “Why do you do such awful things?” the father asked the boy.
“Father,” said the boy, “listen to me. I didn’t do anything wrong. He was standing there in the middle of the night like a bad person. I told him three times to either speak or go away.”
“Ah,” said the father, “I can see that you will always cause me trouble and make me unhappy. I want you to go away. I don’t want to see you anymore.”
“If that is what you want, father, then I will do it,” said the boy. “I only hope that I can learn how to shudder. If I can learn how to shudder, then everything will be alright.”
“Learn whatever you want,” said the father. “I don’t care anymore. Here are 50 gold coins. Now go out into the wide world, and don’t tell anyone where you come from, or who your father is, because I am ashamed of you.” (To be “ashamed” of someone means to feel embarrassed about a family member because they have done something bad.)
“Yes Father, if that is what you want, I will do it,” said the boy.
And so the boy put the 50 gold coins into his pocket, and walked away.
As the boy was walking down the road, he kept saying to himself, “I wish I could shudder. I wish I could shudder.”
A man was walking next to the boy, and heard the boy talking to himself. When they had walked a little further down the road, the man pointed to the gallows. (“Gallows” is a high structure made of wood. In the old times, they used to kill criminals by tying ropes around their necks, and hanging them from the gallows.)
“Look,” said the man, “There is the gallows. And on the gallows, there are 7 dead men hanging with a rope around their neck. Do you want to shudder? Sit under the dead men, and wait until night comes. You will surely shudder then.”
“Really? Is that all?” asked the boy. “That is easier than I thought. Okay, I will sit under the dead men all night. And if I can learn to shudder, then I will give you my 50 gold coins. Just come back and see me in the morning, and if I have learned to shudder, the coins are yours.”
So, the boy went to the gallows, and sat under the dead bodies, and waited for night. Once night came, the boy felt cold, so he made a fire. However, at midnight, a cold wind came, and the boy could not get warm, even with the fire. The wind also blew the dead men who were hanging from the gallows, and they swung back and forth in the wind.
“If I am cold sitting here right next to the fire, then those guys hanging up in the gallows must really be cold,” thought the boy. He felt sorry for the dead men, and he put up a ladder, climbed up the gallows, and untied all the ropes, one after another, until he had brought all 7 dead bodies down to the ground.
The boy stirred the fire, and blew into it, to make it grow bigger, and set the 7 dead bodies around the fire so that they could get warm. But the 7 dead men just sat there without moving. As the fire grew, the boy yelled to the dead men, “Be careful, or the fire will burn you.” But the dead men didn’t move. Then their clothes caught on fire. But the dead men still didn’t move. This made the boy angry, and he said, “If you won’t be careful, then I can’t help you. I don’t want you to catch fire and burn up.” So the boy hung all the dead men back up on the gallows again. Then he sat down by the fire, and fell asleep.
The next morning, the man came to the boy to get the 50 gold coins. “Well,” he said, “Did you learn how to shudder?”
“No,” said the boy. “How could I learn anything? Those men up there didn’t tell me anything at all. And they were so stupid, they didn’t even know to protect themselves from the fire.”
When the man heard this, he realized that he wouldn’t get the 50 gold coins from the boy. So he just walked away, and said to himself, “Never before have I met such a strange boy.”
As for the boy, he continued walking down the road. And as he walked, he said to himself, “I wish I could shudder. Oh, I wish I could shudder.”
A cart driver was walking behind the boy. (A “cart” is a vehicle with wheels that is pulled by an animal and used for carrying goods. A “cart driver” is a person whose job it is to drive the cart.) The cart driver heard the boy talking to himself, and asked him, “Who are you?”
“I don’t know,” replied the boy.
Then the cart driver asked him, “Where do you come from?”
“I don’t know,” said the boy.
“Who is your father?” asked the cart driver.
“I’m not allowed to say,” answered the boy.
“What are you always saying to yourself?” asked the cart driver.
“Oh,” said the boy, “I want to be able to shudder, but no one can teach me how.”
“Stop talking foolishly,” said the cart driver. “Come, walk with me. I will take you to a place that is perfect for shuddering.”
The boy went with the cart driver, and that evening they came to an inn where they decided to stay for the night. (An “inn” is a small hotel in the countryside.) When they walked into the inn, the boy said quite loudly, “I wish I could shudder! Oh, I wish I could shudder!”
When the innkeeper heard this, he laughed. (An “innkeeper” is a person who owns an inn.) “If you want to shudder, I know where you can go,” he said.
But the innkeeper’s wife became worried. “No, don’t tell him,” she said. “Too many people have already lost their lives at this place.”
So the innkeeper was quiet. But the boy said, “I want to learn how to shudder. That is why I left home. I don’t care how dangerous it is.” And he kept asking and asking, until at last the innkeeper gave in, and told the boy that there was a haunted castle not far away from the inn. (“Haunted” means a place where ghosts live.) The haunted castle was very scary. There were great treasures in the haunted castle, but they were guarded by evil ghosts. (“Treasure” is a collection of gold, silver, jewellery, and other valuable objects.) However, if someone could stay in the haunted castle for three nights, then all the treasure would be theirs, and they would become a rich man. Moreover, the king had promised that whoever stayed in the haunted castle for three nights, and got the treasure, could marry his daughter. And the king had the most beautiful daughter in the land. Many people had entered the haunted castle to try to win the treasure and the princess, but none of them had come out again.
“I will do it,” said the boy. “I will stay in the haunted castle for three nights, and get the treasure, and marry the princess.”
The next morning, the boy went to the king and said, “I have heard that there is a haunted castle nearby, with a great treasure that is guarded by ghosts. People say that if someone stays for 3 nights in that castle, then they get the treasure, and also can marry your daughter. If you let me, I will stay in the haunted castle for three nights.”
The king was very happy, and he said, “Of course. Now, these are the rules: you may ask for three things to take into the castle with you, but they must be things that are not alive.”
The boy said, “Then I will take a fire, a woodcarver’s bench and a knife.” (A “bench” is a long seat for two or more people.)
So, the king had the fire, the wooden bench, and the knife brought into the castle for the boy. And at night, the boy went into the castle, and sat down on the bench next to the fire. “Oh, I wish I could shudder,” said the boy to himself. “But I’m sure I won’t learn it here either.”
At midnight, the boy got up to stir the fire. As he was blowing into the fire, he heard a voice cry from one of the corners of the room. “Meow! Meow! How cold we are!” said the voice.
“What are you crying about?” said the boy. “If you are cold, come and sit down by the fire and warm yourselves.”
As soon as the boy had said that, two large black cats jumped up on the bench. Each cat sat on one side of the boy, so that he was in the middle between them. The cats looked at the boy with hungry eyes.
After warming themselves by the fire for a while, the cats said to him, “Friend, let’s play a game of cards.”
“Why not?” said the boy. “But first, show me your paws.” (“Paws” are the feet of cats). So, the cats showed him their paws. And they stretched out their claws. “Oh,” said the boy, “What long claws you have! Wait. First I will have to cut your claws for you.” With that, the boy grabbed the cats by the neck, and held them down on the bench. “I’ve been looking at your claws,” said the boy, “And I’ve decided I don’t want to play cards with you after all.” And the boy killed the cats with the knife, and threw their bodies out the window into the lake below the castle.
After he had killed the cats, the boy sat back down by the fire again. But, suddenly, from every side, there came more black cats and also black dogs. They all had red eyes, and they carried red-hot chains with them. (A “chain” is a line of metal rings connected together to make a rope.) More and more black cats and black dogs appeared until the room was full of them, and the boy could hardly move. They shouted horribly, and they jumped into the fire and tried to put the fire out by pulling it apart.
The boy watched them for a little while, but finally it was too much for him. He grabbed his knife and said, “Get out of here, all of you!” And he chased them with the knife. Some of the dogs and cats ran away, and others he killed. He threw all the dead bodies into the lake. Then, finally, he came back to the fire again, and warmed himself up.
As he sat by the fire, he began to feel tired, and he wanted to fall asleep. Looking around, he saw a large bed in the corner. “That is just what I wanted,” he said, and he lay down on the bed. However, as he was about to shut his eyes, the bed began to move by itself. The bed started running around the castle.
The boy opened his eyes. “This is good,” he said. “But let’s go faster.”
So the bed went faster. The bed ran around the castle as if it were being pulled by six horses. It ran through the rooms, in and out of doorways, and up and down the stairs. Finally, the bed stopped running, and turned over, so that it was on top of the boy. At first the boy couldn’t breathe, because of all the blankets and pillows. But then the boy threw the blankets and the pillows into the air, and climbed out from under the bed. “I’m done riding,” he said. “Someone else can have a turn riding in the bed now.” Then, the boy lay down by the fire, and slept until it was daytime.
In the morning, the king came into the castle. And when the king saw the boy lying there on the ground, he thought that the boy was dead and that ghosts had killed him. “Oh no!” said the king. “It really is too bad to lose such a brave and handsome boy.”
When the boy heard this, he got up. “Don’t worry. I’m not dead,” he said.
The king was surprised, but glad. He asked the boy how he was.
“I’m very good,” answered the boy. “One night is already finished. The other two will be easy as well.”
When the boy returned to the innkeeper, the innkeeper was very surprised. “I did not think that I would see you alive again,” said the innkeeper. “Did you learn how to shudder?”
“No, I still haven’t learned to shudder,” said the boy. “I wish someone could tell me how.”
The second night, the boy went back again to the haunted castle. He sat on his bench by the fire, and said to himself once more, “I wish I could shudder. I wish I could shudder.”
A little before midnight, the boy heard a noise, and the sound of something moving. At first the noise was quiet, but then it got louder and louder. Finally, there was a loud scream, and half a man came down the chimney and fell in front of the boy. (A “chimney” is an opening above the fireplace that allows smoke from a fire to go out through the roof.) The man had only the upper-half of his body. He did not have any legs.
“Hey!” shouted the boy. “There’s supposed to be another half somewhere. This is not enough.”
Then, the noise began again. And with a loud howling and roaring, the second half fell down the chimney as well.
“That’s better,” said the boy. “Wait. Let me blow on the fire and make it warmer for you.” The boy went to blow on the fire, and make it bigger. When he looked back, both halves of the body had joined together to make a very ugly and scary looking man. The man was sitting on the bench.
“Hey!” said the boy. “That’s not what we agreed on. You can sit by the fire, but that bench is mine.”
The man tried to push the boy away, but the boy pushed back, and eventually pushed hard enough to move the man off the bench.
Then, more men fell down the chimney. They brought with them 9 human bones, and two human skulls. (A “skull” is the bones for your head.) They set the bones up, and then used the skulls to go bowling.
The boy wanted to play too, and said, “Listen, can I bowl with you?”
“Yes,” the men answered. “If you have money.”
“I have plenty of money,” said the boy.
So, the boy went bowling with them. They bet money on the games. (To “bet” means to risk money on a game. If you win, you get more money, if you lose, you lose your money). And the boy lost some of his money. But then when the clock struck midnight, everything disappeared. So the boy lay down and went to sleep.
The next morning, the king came to learn what had happened. “How did you do this time?” he asked.
“I went bowling,” said the boy, “and lost a bit of money.”
“Did you shudder?” asked the king.
“I did not,” said the boy. “I had great fun, but nobody taught me how to shudder.”
On the third night, the boy sat down on the bench again, and said quite sadly, “I wish I could shudder!”
Later that night, six large men came into the castle carrying a coffin. (A “coffin” is a box in which a dead body is put). When the boy saw this, he said, “Aha! This must be my little cousin, who died a few days ago.” Then the boy motioned with his finger, and said, “Come, little cousin, come.”
The large men put the coffin on the ground. The boy went up to it, and took the lid off. A dead man lay inside. The boy felt his face, and it was as cold as ice.
“Wait,” he said. “I will warm you up a little.” The boy went to the fire, and warmed his own hand, and then went back to the dead man and put his hand on the dead man’s face. But the dead man remained cold. So the boy took the dead man out of the coffin, and brought him over to the fire, and put the dead man on his lap, and rubbed the dead man’s arms to try to get him warm again.
When that did not help either, the boy thought to himself, “When two people lie in bed together, they keep each other warm.” So he carried the dead man to the bed, and put him under the covers, and lay down next to him. A little while later, the dead man became warm too, and began to move.
The boy said, “See, little cousin, I got you warm, didn’t I?”
But the dead man cried out, “I am going to strangle you.” (“Strangle” means to kill someone by putting your hands around their throat and squeezing.)
“What?” said the boy. “Is that how you thank me? Get back into your coffin!” He picked up the dead man, threw him inside the coffin, and shut the lid. Then the six large men came back and carried the coffin away again.
“I cannot shudder,” the boy said. “And I won’t learn it here as long as I live.”
Then another man came in. This man was bigger than all the other men, and he looked very scary. But he was old and had a long white beard.
“You fool,” shouted the old man, “You will soon learn to shudder, for you are about to die.”
“Not so fast,” said the boy. “I’m not going to die until I decide I’m ready.”
The old man grabbed the boy. “I’ve got you,” said the old man.
“Don’t be so sure,” said the boy. “I am just as strong as you are, and probably even stronger.”
“We will see about that,” said the old man. “If you are stronger than I am, then I will let you go. Come, let’s see who is stronger.”
The old man took the boy through the dark passageways to a room where there were a lot of anvils. (An “anvil” is a block of iron. Anvils are very heavy.) The old man took an ax, and he hit the anvil as hard as he could, and with only one hit he sent the anvil down into the ground.
“I can do better than that,” said the boy, and he went to another anvil. The old man stood nearby because he wanted to see what would happen. As he stood nearby, the old man’s beard hung down. The boy took the ax, and split the anvil in two. The old man’s beard got caught in the crack between the two parts of the anvil. (A “crack” is a narrow space between two parts.)
“Now I have you,” said the boy. “Now it is your turn to die.” And the boy took an iron bar and hit the old man with it many times until the old man cried and begged him to stop. The old man said that he would give the boy a great treasure if he would stop. So, the boy stopped hitting the old man, and removed his ax from the anvil, so that the old man’s beard was no longer caught in the crack.
The old man led the boy back into the castle, and showed him three chests full of gold in the basement. “Of these chests,” said the old man, “one is for the poor, one is for the king, and one is for you.”
Then, the clock struck midnight, and the old man disappeared, leaving the boy standing alone in the dark. “I can find my own way back,” the boy said, and feeling around in the dark, he eventually found his way back to the bedroom, and fell asleep by his fire.
The next morning, the king came and said, “By now, you must have learned how to shudder.”
“No,” answered the boy. “How could I learn how to shudder? My dead cousin was here, and a bearded man came and showed me a lot of money, but no one showed me how to shudder.”
Then the king said, “You have stayed in this castle for three nights, and gotten rid of all the ghosts, and saved the treasure. Now you can marry my daughter.”
“This is all good news,” said the boy. “But I still do not know how to shudder.”
The gold was brought out from the castle, and the boy married the king’s daughter, and everyone celebrated the wedding.
The boy then became the new king, and the new young king loved his wife very much. However, no matter how happy he was, he was still always saying, “I wish I could shudder. I wish I could shudder.” Eventually, his wife got angry with him, because he would not stop saying this.
But, the maid had an idea. (A “maid” is a woman who works in someone's home.) “I can help,” said the maid. “I know how he can learn to shudder.”
The maid went to the river outside the castle, and filled up her bucket with cold river water and minnows. (“Minnows” are a kind of very small fish.) That night, when the young king was sleeping, his wife pulled the covers off of him, and dumped the bucketful of cold water and minnows onto him, so that the cold little fishes were moving all over him.
The young king woke up shouting, “Oh no! What is this that is making me shudder?” And then, the king realized what had happened, and he became very happy. “Ah, my dear wife,” he said. “I have finally learned how to shudder!”
1. Why was it always the older son who did the things that needed to be done?
2. What was the one weakness that the older son had?
3. In the church, what job was the younger son given?
4. At the top of the tower, the boy met a person dressed all in white. Who was this person really?
5. Where the man in white would not answer the boy, what did the boy finally do?
6. When the younger son went away, what did his father give him?
7. When the boy sat under the gallows at night, what did he make?
8. The next morning, who did the boy meet on the road?
9. Who told the boy about the haunted castle?
10. If someone could stay in the haunted castle for three nights, what is their reward?
11. What three things did the boy choose to take into the castle with him?
12. What game did the cats want to play?
13. What did the bed start doing just as the boy was about to shut his eyes?
14. When the king saw the boy lying on the ground, what did he think had happened?
15. Where did the two halves of the man fall down from?
16. What did the men use to go bowling?
17. Who did the boy think was in the coffin?
18. How many chests of gold were in the basement?
19. What would the boy not stop saying after he married the princess?
20. How did the maid finally get the boy to shudder?
Answers
1. Why was it always the older son who did the things that needed to be done?
Because the younger son was too stupid.
2. What was the one weakness that the older son had?
He was afraid of dark places.
3. In the church, what job was the younger son given?
The job of ringing the bell.
4. At the top of the tower, the boy met a person dressed all in white. Who was this person really?
The priest in disguise
5. Where the man in white would not answer the boy, what did the boy finally do?
He threw the man in white down the stairs.
6. When the younger son went away, what did his father give him?
Fifty gold coins.
7. When the boy sat under the gallows at night, what did he make?
He made a fire.
8. The next morning, who did the boy meet on the road?
A cart driver.
9. Who told the boy about the haunted castle?
The innkeeper
10. If someone could stay in the haunted castle for three nights, what is their reward?
They would get all the treasure, and they could marry the king’s daughter.
11. What three things did the boy choose to take into the castle with him?
A fire, a woodcarver’s bench, and a knife.
12. What game did the cats want to play?
Cards
13. What did the bed start doing just as the boy was about to shut his eyes?
The bed started running around the castle
14. When the king saw the boy lying on the ground, what did he think had happened?
He thought that the boy was dead and that the ghosts had killed him.
15. Where did the two halves of the man fall down from?
The chimney.
16. What did the men use to go bowling?
human bones and human skulls
17. Who did the boy think was in the coffin?
His cousin
18. How many chests of gold were in the basement?
Three chests.
19. What would the boy not stop saying after he married the princess?
I wish I could shudder
20. How did the maid finally get the boy to shudder?
She dumped a bucketful of cold river water and minnows onto him.
Vocabulary
able - to have the ability to do something or the possibility of doing something:
He'll be able to help you.
afraid - frightened:
She's afraid of water.
alive - living, not dead:
Are your grandparents still alive?
allow - to give someone permission for something:
Smoking is not allowed in the restaurant.
alone - without other people:
She lives alone.
already - before now, or before a particular time in the past:
I've already told him.
alright - safe or well:
I'm alright thanks. How are you?
angrily - angry adverb form
animal - something that lives and moves but is not a person, bird, fish, or insect:
She's a real animal lover.
anvil - a heavy block of iron on which heated pieces of metal are made into a particular shape with a hammer
anymore - If you do not do something or something does not happen anymore, you have stopped doing it or it does not now happen:
This coat doesn't fit me anymore.
ashamed - feeling guilty or embarrassed about something you have done:
You've got nothing to be ashamed of.
asleep - to be sleeping:
The children are asleep.
apart - into separate, smaller pieces:
My jacket is coming apart.
awful - very bad, of low quality, or unpleasant:
The film was absolutely awful.
ax - a tool consisting of a wooden handle with a sharp piece of metal at one end, used for cutting trees or wood
back and forth - in one direction, then the opposite way, then in the original direction again many times:
He has to travel back and forth between London and Paris every week.
bar - a long, thin piece of metal or wood:
There were bars on the downstairs windows.
basement - a room or set of rooms that is below ground level in a building:
The kitchen department is in the basement.
be ashamed of - to be angry and disappointed with a family member or friend because they have behaved badly:
I don't want my parents to be ashamed of me.
beard - the hair that grows on a man's chin
bearded - with a beard
beautiful - very attractive:
She is a beautiful woman.
bedroom - a room used for sleeping in:
I sneaked into his bedroom while he was asleep.
beg - to make a very strong and urgent request:
She begged him for help.
behind - at or to the back of someone or something:
Close the door behind you.
bell - a hollow, metal object, shaped like a cup, with a metal part inside that hits the side of the cup and makes a ringing sound:
Listen to the sound of church bells ringing
below - in a lower position than someone or something else:
He could hear people shouting below his window.
bench - a long seat for two or more people, usually made of wood or metal:
This is a park bench.
bet - to risk money on the result of a game, competition, etc:
He lost all his money betting on horses.
bit - a small amount or piece of something:
I wrote it down on a bit of paper.
blanket - a thick, warm cover that you sleep under
block - a solid piece of something, usually in the shape of a square or rectangle:
This is a block of wood.
blow - to force air out through your mouth:
She always blows on her coffee before taking a sip.
bone - one of the hard pieces that make the structure inside a person or animal:
He broke a bone in his hand.
bottom - the lowest part of something:
Click on the icon at the bottom of the page.
bowl - to roll a ball along a surface as part of a game
bowling - a game in which you roll a large ball along a wooden track in order to knock down bottle-shaped objects
box - a square or rectangular container:
It is a cardboard box.
brave - showing no fear of dangerous or difficult situations:
He died after a brave fight against cancer.
breathe - to take air into and out of your lungs:
Doctors gave him oxygen to help him breathe.
bucket - a round, open container with a handle used for carrying liquids:
This is a bucket of water.
bucketful - as much as a bucket will hold
burn - to destroy something with fire, or to be destroyed by fire:
I burned all his letters.
burn up - to destroy something completely, or to be destroyed completely by fire or heat:
The satellite will burn up when it enters the atmosphere.
cards - a set of 52 pieces of stiff paper with numbers and pictures used for playing games:
We spent the evening playing cards (= playing games using cards).
care - to think that something is important and to feel interested in it or worried about it:
He cares deeply about the environment.
careful - giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or damage something:
Be careful, Michael - that knife's very sharp.
cart - a vehicle with two or four wheels that is pulled by an animal and used for carrying goods
cart driver - a person whose job is to drive the cart
castle - a large, strong building with towers and high walls, that was built in the past to protect the people inside from being attacked:
The castle attracts more than 300,000 visitors a year.
cat - a small animal with fur, four legs, and a tail that is kept as a pet:
The cat curled itself into a ball.
cause - a reason to feel something or to behave in a particular way:
He's never given me any cause for concern.
celebrate - to do something enjoyable because it is a special day, or because something good has happened:
Do you celebrate Christmas in your country?
certainly - used to emphasize something and show that there is no doubt about it:
Their team certainly deserved to win.
chain - a line of metal rings connected together:
The hostages were kept in chains.
chase - to run after someone or something in order to catch them:
The dog was chasing a rabbit.
chest - a strong, usually wooden, container with a lid, used for keeping things in:
This is a treasure chest.
chimney - a wide pipe that allows smoke from a fire to go out through the roof
church - a building where Christians go to worship God:
We used to go to church every Sunday morning.
claw - one of the sharp, curved nails on the feet of some animals and birds
climb - to go up something, or onto the top of something:
He climbed up on a chair to change the light bulb.
climb out - to move somewhere using your hands and legs:
The child climbed out from the back of the car.
clock strikes - If a clock strikes, a bell rings to show what the time is.
clothes - items such as shirts and trousers that you wear on your body:
She was wearing her sister's clothes.
coffin - a box in which a dead body is buried
coin - a flat, usually round, piece of metal used as money:
This is a pound coin.
collection - a group of objects of the same type that have been collected by one person or in one place:
This is a private art collection.
complain - to say that something is wrong or that you are annoyed about something:
Lots of people have complained about the noise.
connected - If two things are connected, they are joined together:
The Red Sea is connected to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal.
continue - to keep happening, existing, or doing something:
It continued to snow heavily for three days.
corner - the point or area where two lines, walls, or roads meet:
There was a television in the corner of the room.
countryside - and that is not in towns or cities and has farms, fields, forests, etc:
It is not easy to find employment in the countryside.
cousin - the child of your aunt or uncle:
The children are going to stay with their cousins in Brighton.
cover - to put something over something else, in order to protect or hide it:
They covered him with a blanket.
covers - the sheets and other layers of cloth on your bed that keep you warm
crack - a narrow space between two parts of something or between two things:
I could see sunlight through a crack in the curtains.
criminal - someone who has committed a crime:
He is a dangerous criminal.
dangerous - If someone or something is dangerous, they could harm you:
It's dangerous to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.
daughter - your female child:
Janice is our youngest daughter.
daytime - the period of the day when there is light from the sun, or the period when most people are at work:
I like to watch daytime television.
dear - A dear person is someone who you know and like very much:
Please help me, my dear Peter.
decide - to choose something after thinking about several possibilities:
I haven't decided whether or not to tell him.
disappear - to suddenly go somewhere and become impossible to find:
Her husband disappeared in 1991.
disguise - clothes and other things that you wear to change the way you look so that people cannot recognize you:
She usually goes out in disguise to avoid being bothered by the public.
doorway - an entrance to a building or room through a door:
She waited in the doorway while I ran back inside.
driver - someone who drives a vehicle:
He is a bus driver.
dump - to let fall in or as if in a heap or mass:
She dumped his clothes on the bed.
easy - not difficult:
He thought the exam was very easy.
either - used when you are giving a choice of two or more things:
Either call me tonight or I'll speak to you tomorrow.
else - in addition to someone or something:
Would you like anything else to eat?
embarrassed - feeling ashamed or shy:
I was too embarrassed to admit that I was scared.
enough - as much as is necessary:
They had enough fuel for one week.
enter - to come or go into a place:
The police entered by the back door.
especially - more than other things or people, or much more than usual:
He's always making comments about her appearance, especially her weight.
eventually - in the end, especially after a long time:
We all hope that an agreement can be reached eventually.
face - the front part of the head where the eyes, nose, and mouth are, or the expression on this part:
She's got a long, thin face.
fall - to move down towards the ground:
Huge drops of rain were falling from the sky.
fall asleep - to start sleeping:
I always fall asleep in front of the TV.
fall down - to fall to the ground:
Trees can fall down in the storm.
fast - moving, happening, or doing something quickly:
Computers are getting faster all the time.
fear - a strong, unpleasant feeling that you get when you think that something bad, dangerous, or frightening might happen:
She was trembling with fear.
feel - to experience an emotion or a physical feeling:
You shouldn't feel embarrassed about making a mistake.
fill - to make a container or space full, or to become full:
He filled the bucket with water.
finally - after a long time or some difficulty:
We finally got home just after midnight.
finished - completed:
How much does the finished product cost?
fireplace - a space in the wall of a room where you can have a fire, or the structure around this space
fool - a stupid person:
I was a fool to trust him
foolishly - adverb form of foolish
foot - one of the two flat parts on the ends of your legs that you stand on:
He stepped on my foot.
forth - out of a place or away from it:
The knights rode forth into battle.
front - the side of something that is most important or most often seen because it faces forward:
You need to write the address clearly on the front of the envelope.
full - If a container or a space is full, it contains as many things or people as possible or as much of something as possible:
The shelves were full of books.
fun - enjoyment or pleasure, or something that gives you enjoyment or pleasure:
You'll like it - it's good fun!
further - comparative of far adverb : at or to a place or time that is a longer distance away:
Let's walk a bit further down the road.
gallows - a wooden structure used in the past to hang criminals from to kill them
get rid of - to make someone leave:
She was useless at her job so we had to get rid of her.
ghost - the spirit of a dead person that appears to people who are alive:
Do you believe in ghosts?
glad - happy about something:
She's very glad that she left.
go past - move past
goods - items that are made to be sold:
They sell televisions, washing machines, and other electrical goods.
grab - to take hold of something or someone suddenly:
He grabbed my arm and pulled me away.
graveyard - an area of land where dead bodies are buried, usually next to a church
ground - the surface of the Earth:
I sat down on the ground.
grow - to develop and become bigger or taller as time passes:
Children grow very quickly.
grow up - to become older or an adult:
I want my children to grow up in New York.
guard - to protect someone or something from being attacked or stolen:
Soldiers guarded the main doors of the embassy.
guy - a man:
What a nice guy!
half - one of two equal parts of something; 1/2:
Rice is eaten by half of the world's population.
handsome - A handsome man is attractive:
He is tall, dark and handsome.
hang - to stay in the air for a long time:
Thick fog will hang over the town tomorrow.
hang - to kill someone by putting a rope around their neck and making them drop, or to die in this way:
The poor woman tried to hang herself with her sheet.
hang down - to let fall below the proper position
hang up - to put something such as a coat somewhere where it can hang:
You can hang up your jacket over there.
hardly - almost not, or only a very small amount:
I was so tired that I could hardly walk.
haunt - If a ghost haunts a place, it appears there often:
This is a haunted house.
hear - to be aware of a sound through your ears:
I could hear his voice in the distance.
hit - to touch something quickly and with force using your hand or an object in your hand:
She hit him on the head with her tennis racket.
hope - to want something to happen or be true:
I hope that the bus won't be late.
horribly - extremely, or in a very bad or unpleasant way:
His plan went horribly wrong.
horse - a large animal with four legs, which people ride or use to pull heavy things:
The horse jumped the last fence.
hotel - a place where you pay to stay when you are away from home:
We spent our honeymoon in a luxury hotel.
however - used to say that it does not make any difference how cold/difficult/slowly, etc something is or happens:
We're not going to get there in time, however fast we drive.
human - relating to people or their characteristics:
We will study the human body.
hungry - wanting or needing food:
I'm hungry. What's for supper?
hurry - to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this:
Please hurry, the train is about to leave.
husband - the man you are married to:
Janet's husband is in the Navy.
ice - water that has frozen and become solid:
Gerry slipped on the ice and broke his arm.
in disguise - If people, objects, or activities are in disguise, they appear to be something that they are not, especially intentionally:
She usually goes out in disguise to avoid being bothered by the public.
in front of - where someone can see or hear you:
Please don't swear in front of the children.
indeed - used when you say more to support or develop what has already been said:
For such creatures speed is not important, indeed it is counterproductive.
inn - a small hotel in the countryside
innkeeper - a person who owns or manages an inn (= a hotel)
inside - the part of something that is under its surface:
I cleaned the inside of the oven.
involve - If a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part of it:
The trips often involve a lot of walking.
iron - a dark grey metal used to make steel (= very strong metal) and found in small amounts in blood and food (formula Fe):
This is an iron gate.
jewellery - objects made from gold, silver, and valuable stones that you wear for decoration
join - to fasten or connect things together:
Join the ends together with strong glue.
jump - to push your body up and away from the ground using your feet and legs:
The children were jumping up and down with excitement.
kill - to make someone or something die:
Sunday's bomb killed 19 people.
king - a male ruler in some countries:
He is King Richard II.
knife - a sharp tool or weapon for cutting, usually with a metal blade and a handle:
I cut myself on a knife.
ladder - a piece of equipment that is used to reach high places, consisting of short steps fixed between two long sides
lake - a large area of water that has land all around it:
I want to go boating on the lake.
land - a country:
It is a land of ice and snow.
land - If an aircraft lands, it arrives on the ground after a journey, and if you land it, you make it arrive on the ground:
We should land in Madrid at 7 a.m.
land on - If an object or person lands somewhere, they fall to the ground there:
She landed flat on her back.
lap - Your lap is the top part of your legs when you are sitting down:
Sit on my lap and I'll read you a story.
laugh - to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you are happy or think something is funny:
You never laugh at my jokes.
lid - the top part of a container that can be removed in order to put something in or take something out
lie - to be in a horizontal or flat position on a surface:
I want to lie in bed.
lie down - to move into a position in which your body is flat, usually in order to sleep or rest:
I'm not feeling well - I'm going to lie down.
line - a row of people or things:
We formed two lines, men on one side and women on the other.
leg - one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing and walking:
My legs are tired after so much walking.
lie - to be in a horizontal or flat position on a surface:
I want to lie in bed.
lose - to not be able to find someone or something:
She's always losing her car keys.
lose your life - to die:
Millions of young men lost their lives in the war.
loud - making a lot of noise:
I heard a loud, piercing scream.
loudly - Loud adverb form
She was speaking very loudly.
low - deep or quiet sound:
He has a low voice.
maid - a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in someone's home
marry - to begin a legal relationship with someone as their husband or wife:
Will you marry me?
matter - a subject or situation that you need to think about, discuss, or deal with:
I've been thinking about this matter for a long time.
member - a person who belongs to a group or an organization:
He was a member of the university rowing club.
meow - the sound that a cat makes
metal - a usually hard, shiny material such as iron, gold, or silver which heat and electricity can travel through:
Metals are used for making machinery and tools.
middle - the central part, position, or point in time:
The letter should arrive by the middle of next week.
midnight - 12 o'clock at night:
He died shortly after midnight.
minnow - a very small fish found in lakes and rivers
moan - to make a low sound, especially because you are in pain:
He lay on the floor moaning.
moreover - also:
It is a cheap and, moreover, effective way of dealing with the problem.
motion - a single action or movement:
She made a motion with her hand.
narrow - narrow things measure a small distance from one side to the other:
The road is hidden by a narrow belt of trees.
nearby - not far away:
An old friend of mine has just moved nearby.
neck - the part of the body between your head and your shoulders:
He was wearing a gold chain around his neck.
neither - used to say that a negative fact is also true of someone or something else:
Jerry doesn't like it, and neither do I.
no matter - used to emphasize that something cannot be changed:
I never manage to lose any weight, no matter how hard I try.
nobody - no person:
There was nobody I could talk to.
noise - a sound, often a loud, unpleasant sound:
Stop making so much noise!
none - not any:
None of them smoke.
nor - used after 'neither' to introduce the second thing in a negative sentence:
Strangely, neither James nor Emma saw what happened.
not so fast - used in speech to say that one disagrees with what someone has said or to tell someone to stop or slow down:
"The discussion is closed." "Not so fast. I have a few more things to say."
nowhere - not anywhere:
The room was very crowded - there was nowhere to sit.
object - a thing that you can see or touch but that is usually not alive:
It is a bright, shiny object.
once - in the past, but not now:
This house once belonged to my grandfather.
once more - one more time:
If you say that once more, I'm going to leave.
once upon a time - used at the beginning of a children's story to mean that something happened a long time ago
outside - not in a particular building or room, but near it:
She waited outside his room for nearly two hours.
pain - an unpleasant physical feeling caused by an illness or injury:
I felt a sharp pain in my foot.
passageway - a long, narrow space that connects one place to another:
There's a passageway to the side of the house, leading to the garden.
past - further than:
I live on Station Road, just past the Post Office.
paw - the foot of certain animals, such as cats and dogs
pick - to choose something or someone:
Do you want to help me pick some numbers for my lottery ticket?
pick up - to lift something or someone by using your hands:
He picked his coat up off the floor.
pillow - a soft object that you rest your head on in bed
perfect - without fault, or as good as possible:
James is a perfect husband and father.
place - a position, building, town, area, etc:
Is there a place where we can talk privately?
plan - an arrangement for what you intend to do or how you intend to do something:
Do you have any plans for the weekend?
plenty - easily as much or as many as you need:
Don't bring any food - we've got plenty.
pocket - a small bag that is sewn or fixed onto or into a piece of clothing, a bag, the back of a seat, etc:
He was asked to empty his pockets.
point - to show where someone or something is by holding your finger or a thin object towards it:
She pointed at a bird flying overhead.
poor - used to show sympathy for someone:
That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing.
poor - having very little money or few possessions:
Most of these people are desperately poor.
the poor - poor people considered together as a group:
We need to build more housing for the poor.
priest - someone who performs religious duties and ceremonies
princess - the daughter of a king or queen, or one of their close female relatives
promise - to say that you will certainly give something to someone:
They promised us a reward.
protect - to keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad:
It's important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of the sun.
pull apart - to destroy something by tearing it into pieces
push - to move someone or something by pressing them with your hands or body:
She pushed the books aside and sat down on my desk.
quiet - making little or no noise:
Can you be quiet, please?
ready - prepared for doing something:
Give me a call when you're ready.
reasonable - fair and showing good judgment:
It's not reasonable to expect people to work those hours.
remain - to continue to be in the same state:
Despite the chaos around him, he remained calm.
remove - to take something away:
An operation was needed to remove the bullets from his chest.
reply - to answer:
He didn't reply to my email.
return - to go or come back to a place where you were before:
She returned to America in 1954.
ride - to travel by sitting on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle and controlling it:
I ride my bike to work.
ring - if you ring a bell, you cause it to make a sound:
Please ring the bell for attention.
risk - If you risk something bad, you do something although that bad thing might happen:
I'd like to help you, but I can't risk losing my job.
roar - to make a loud, deep sound:
We could hear a lion roaring from the other side of the zoo.
roof - the surface that covers the top of a building or vehicle:
He climbed onto the roof.
rope - very thick string made from twisted thread
rub - to press your hand or a cloth on a surface and move it backwards and forwards
I think you should rub your hands together to warm them.
rule - an official instruction about what you must or must not do:
You can't smoke at school, it's against the rules (= not allowed).
ring - something that is the shape of a circle:
The children sat in a ring around the teacher.
sadly - in a sad way:
She shook her head sadly.
save - to stop someone or something from being killed or destroyed:
He was badly injured, but the doctors saved his life.
scare - to frighten a person or animal:
Sudden, loud noises scare me.
scary - frightening:
This is a scary movie.
scold - to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
scream - the sound of someone screaming:
We heard screams coming from their apartment.
seat - something that you sit on:
Please, take a seat (= sit down).
shake - to make quick, short movements from side to side or up and down, or to make something or someone do this:
We heard a loud bang, and then the house began to shake.
shortly - If something is going to happen shortly, it will happen soon:
Our plans for the next year will be announced shortly.
shortly after - a short time after or before something:
He left here shortly after midnight.
should - used to say or ask what is the correct or best thing to do:
He should have gone to the doctor.
shout - to say something very loudly:
"Look out!" she shouted.
shudder - to shake, usually because you are thinking of something unpleasant:
I still shudder at the thought of the risks we took.
shut - to close something, or to become closed:
He lay back and shut his eyes.
sigh - to breathe out slowly and noisily, often because you are annoyed or unhappy:
He sighed deeply and sat down.
skull - the part of your head that is made of bone and which protects your brain
smart - intelligent:
Rachel's one of the smartest kids in the class.
smoke - the grey or black gas that is produced when something burns:
The smoke from the fire made her eyes smart.
someday - at an unknown time in the future:
We plan to get married someday.
someone else - a different person:
Sorry, I thought you were talking to someone else.
son - your male child
Jenny has a grown-up son of 24.
sorry - something that you say to be polite when you have done something wrong, or when you cannot agree with someone or accept something:
Sorry I'm late.
space - an empty area that is available to be used:
There wasn't enough space for everyone.
split - If something splits or if you split it, it tears so that there is a long, thin hole in it:
He split his trousers when he bent over.
squeeze - to press something firmly:
She squeezed his hand and said goodbye.
stairs - a set of steps from one level in a building to another:
She picked up the child and carried him down the stairs.
stay - to continue to be in a place, job, etc and not leave:
The weather was bad so we stayed at home.
step - one of the surfaces that you walk on when you go up or down stairs
still - used to say that something is continuing to happen now or that someone is continuing to do something now:
He's still here if you want to speak to him.
stir - to mix food or liquid by moving a spoon, or similar object, round and round in it:
Stir the mixture until it is smooth.
strange - If something is strange, it is surprising because it is unusual or unexpected:
It's strange that she hasn't called.
strangle - to kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope, wire, etc:
Police believe the victim was strangled.
structure - a building or something that has been built
stretch - to make your body or part of your body straighter and longer:
Stretch your arms above your head.
strike - to hit someone or something:
His car might go out of control and strike a tree.
stupid - silly or not intelligent:
That was a really stupid thing to do.
supposed - to be expected or intended to do something, especially when this does not happen:
These drugs are supposed to reduce the pain.
surprised - feeling surprise because something has happened that you did not expect:
I'm surprised to see you here.
swing - to move smoothly backwards and forwards, or to make something do this:
She really swings her arms when she walks.
tall - having a greater than average height:
He's tall and thin.
teenage - aged between 13 and 19 or suitable for people of that age:
He has a teenage daughter.
terrible - very bad, of low quality, or unpleasant:
The weather was terrible.
themselves - the reflexive form of the pronoun 'they':
They're both 16 - they're old enough to look after themselves.
throw - to make something move through the air by pushing it out of your hand:
Amy likes to throw the ball to the dog.
throat - the front of your neck:
He grabbed her round the throat.
tie - to fasten something with string, rope, etc:
The dog was tied to a tree.
tired - feeling that you want to rest or sleep:
I'm too tired to go out tonight.
tower - a very tall, narrow building, or part of a building:
This is a church tower.
treasure - a collection of gold, silver, jewellery, and valuable objects, especially in children's stories:
There is buried treasure.
trouble - problems, difficulties, or worries:
We had trouble finding somewhere to park.
ugly - unpleasant to look at:
It hurt my feelings when he said I was ugly.
unhappy - sad:
He had an unhappy childhood.
untie - to open a knot or something that has been tied with a knot:
I untied my shoelaces and kicked off my shoes.
upper - at a higher position:
Your shoulders are part of your upper body.
upon - on:
Her story was seized upon by the press.
useful - helping you to do or achieve something:
This is useful information.
valuable - valuable objects could be sold for a lot of money:
His home is full of valuable antiques.
vehicle - something such as a car or bus that takes people from one place to another, especially using roads:
He lost control of the vehicle.
wake up - to stop sleeping or to make someone else stop sleeping:
Could you wake me up before you go?
warm - having a temperature between cool and hot:
It's nice and warm in here.
weakness - a particular part or quality of something or someone that is not good:
What do you think are your weaknesses as a manager?
wedding - an official ceremony at which a man and woman get married:
We're going to a wedding on Saturday.
wheel - a circular object fixed under a vehicle so that it moves smoothly over the ground:
My bike needs a new front wheel.
whenever - every time or at any time:
You can go whenever you want.
whoever - the person who:
Whoever broke the window will have to pay for it.
wide - measuring a long distance or longer than usual from one side to the other:
It is a wide river.
wide world - places outside the small familiar place where you live:
Soon you'll leave school and go out into the big wide world.
willing - to be happy to do something, if you need to:
He's willing to pay a lot of money for that house.
wind - a natural, fast movement of air:
The weather forecast said there would be strong winds and rain.
wind blow - If the wind blows , it moves and makes currents of air:
Outside the wind was starting to blow hard.
wonder - to want to know something or to try to understand the reason for something:
I wonder what he's making for dinner.
woodcarver - a person whose occupation is woodcarving
wooden - made of wood:
This is a wooden chair.
worried - anxious because you are thinking about problems or unpleasant things that might happen:
She's really worried about her son.
worry - to think about problems or unpleasant things that might happen in a way that makes you feel anxious:
Don't worry-she'll be all right.
wrong - morally bad:
It's wrong to tell lies.
yell - to shout something very loudly:
The policeman yelled at them to stop.
young - having lived or existed for only a short time and not old:
We were very young when we met.
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