| dealer |
a person whose job is to buy and sell. |
| fable |
a short tale that teaches a lesson. The characters in fables are often animals who speak and act like people. |
| finally |
after everything else; at the final moment. |
| flash |
a sudden, bright light that shines and then disappears. |
| fond |
having or showing feelings of love. |
| happen |
to take place; occur. |
| herd |
the common people; most people. The expression "He (or she) follows the herd" means that a person tends to do what everybody else does, like a cow in a herd, and does not think for himself or herself. |
| jail |
a building in which a government keeps people who have broken a law. |
| mission |
a special job given to a person or group of people. |
| peanut |
a seed that people eat like a nut but grows under the ground and is in the same family of plants as beans. |
| question |
a sentence that asks for an answer. |
| river |
a large natural stream of water that flows toward a lake, ocean, or other larger body of water. |
| rush |
to act or go fast; hurry. |
| treatment |
the way a person acts toward another person or thing. |
| warm |
having some heat; not cold. |