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Mini-dictionary  1  Look and order the story.


 Listen and read.

 amazing  (adjective) Something   met  (past tense of meet) (verb)
 that is amazing is very   If you meet someone you
 good.  know, you see them and
 boring  (adjective) Something   speak to them.
 that is boring is not very   outside  (preposition) Someone or
 interesting or exciting.  something that is outside
 break  (noun) A break is a short   a place is not in it, but very
 period of time when you   close to it.
 stop what you are doing.  practise  (verb) If you practise
 building  (noun) A building   something, you do it a lot
 has walls and a roof, for   so that you can do it better.
 example a house or a   send  (verb) If you send a message,
 school.  you make it go to someone,

 first  (adverb) If you do   for example on the computer.
 something first, you do it   teach  (verb) If someone teaches
 before you do anything else.  you something, they help

 job  (noun) A job is the work   you learn about it or show
 that someone does to earn   you how to do it.
 money.  tidy  (verb) If you tidy a place,

 knock  (verb) If you knock on   you make it nice by putting
 something, you hit it hard   things where they have to go.
 with your hand to make a   wait  (verb) If you wait, you
 noise.  spend time in a place,

 letter  (noun) A letter is a   usually doing nothing,
 message that someone   before something happens.
                                                                SAMPLE
 writes on paper to  give to   water  (verb) If you water a
 another person.  plant, you pour water into
 the soil around it.  2  Listen and say.



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