| hockey |
a game played on ice by two teams. Each person wears skates and carries a long stick. |
| hook |
a curved piece that is used for holding, hanging, or pulling things. A hook is made of metal, plastic, or another hard material. |
| housekeeper |
a person whose job is to take care of a house, hotel, or other place where people stay. |
| huge |
very large in size or amount. |
| insect |
a small animal whose body is divided into three parts. Insects also have three pairs of legs and usually one or two pairs of wings. Bees, ants, butterflies, beetles, and flies are some kinds of insects. |
| maze |
a complicated network of paths or passages between high walls or thick hedges which are often designed to confuse those who travel through them. |
| nervous |
feeling worry or fear about a particular thing or things. |
| piece |
a section or part separated from the whole. |
| ready |
prepared. |
| scream |
to make a loud high cry or sound. |
| tale |
a story. |
| though |
used to connect two parts of a sentence when the meaning of one part seems to disagree with the other. |
| trace |
a very small amount of something. |
| upon |
on. |
| wool |
the thick, soft hair of sheep and some other animals, which is often used by people to make fabric for clothes, blankets, and other things. |