| carefully |
with thought and attention or caution about what one is doing. |
| clothes |
things that you wear to cover the body. |
| dim |
having little or no light. |
| farmer |
a person who grows crops or raises animals on a piece of land. |
| heap |
many things lying on top of each other; pile. |
| lay1 |
to put something down so that it is flat against a surface. |
| native |
an original resident of a given place, such as the Inuit people of Alaska and northern Canada. |
| pinch |
an amount that can be picked up between the thumb and a finger. |
| railroad |
a road of two connected steel bars along which trains move, or a system of transportation that uses these roads. |
| reporter |
a person whose job is to gather and report news for a newspaper or magazine, or for a television station or radio station. |
| runner |
a person who is moving along quickly on his or her feet, or a person who races on foot. |
| short |
not long in size or time. |
| straighten |
to make or become more even or less bent. |
| strange |
not usual; odd. |
| tire1 |
to take a person's strength or energy away. |