| brain |
the organ in the body that controls thought, movement, and feeling. The brain is inside the skull. |
| clay |
a kind of wet earth that becomes hard when you heat it. You use clay to make bricks, pots, and other things. |
| dart |
to move quickly; dash. |
| dinner |
the main meal of the day. |
| drain |
to remove a liquid from something through a pipe. |
| fasten |
to join two things or two sides of something so that they stay together. |
| film |
a movie. |
| national |
of or having to do with the whole country, not just one part of it. |
| phrase |
a group of words forming part of a sentence but not having both a subject and a verb. |
| prisoner |
a person who is held under close guard, as in a jail, while on trial or after being sentenced for a crime. |
| scene |
the place where any event takes place. |
| silent |
making or having no sound. |
| sniff |
to take in short breaths of air through the nose that can be heard. |
| speak |
to say words in a usual voice; talk. |
| yesterday |
on the day before today. |