| beg |
to ask a favor of; to plead for. |
| boil1 |
the state of a liquid when it reaches a certain temperature and starts to turn into a gas. |
| cab |
a short form of taxicab. |
| harm |
hurt or injury. |
| lend |
to let someone use something that is yours. When you lend a thing to someone, you expect that person to return it to you. |
| nation |
a country made up of people living under their own government. |
| plot1 |
the story line or order of events in a book, play, or movie. |
| pretend |
to imagine or make believe. |
| quickly |
in a short time; rapidly. |
| scold |
to tell someone that they have done something wrong, usually in an angry way. |
| sign |
something that shows a fact, event, or some other thing. |
| squash1 |
to press into a flat mass. |
| station |
the place where a person or thing is normally found. |
| though |
used to connect two parts of a sentence when the meaning of one part seems to disagree with the other. |
| tie |
to fasten with something like a string or rope. |