chum |
(informal) a close friend; pal. |
close |
to shut. |
crawl |
to move along the ground on the hands and knees. |
dam |
a wall built across a river or stream to stop the flow of water. |
diver |
a person who works under water, using special clothing and equipment for breathing. |
flour |
the ground meal of wheat or other grain. Flour is used to make bread, cake, and other foods. |
lesson |
a period of instruction with a teacher, or a specific group of things to be learned or studied together. |
runner |
a person who is moving along quickly on his or her feet, or a person who races on foot. |
shave |
to cut off hair very close to the skin. |
sink |
to fall slowly to a lower level. |
strike |
a stopping of work as a protest for better pay or working conditions. |
teacher |
a person whose job is explaining and showing things to students so that they can learn. |
tough |
hard to break; strong; lasting a long time. |
unit |
a single thing that is one of a group of similar things. |
weird |
strange or odd; puzzlingly unusual. |