The Eagle and the Beetle

shiny

A shiny surface is bright because it reflects light: He has ________, black shoes.

fly

When a bird, insect, aircraft, etc ______s, it moves through the air: The plane was _____ing at 5000 feet.

lap

Your _______ is the top part of your legs when you are sitting down: Sit on my _______ and I'll read you a story.

nest

a home built by birds for their eggs and by some other creatures to live in: This is a birds' _________.

cow

a large farm animal kept for milk or meat: They keep _______s for milk.

eagle

a large, wild bird with a big, curved beak, that hunts smaller animals

king

a male ruler in some countries: He is ______ Richard II.

place

a position, building, town, area, etc: Edinburgh would be a nice _________ to live.

rabbit

a small animal with fur and long ears that lives in a hole in the ground

insect

a small creature with six legs, for example a bee or a fly: The smell repels __________s.

god

a spirit, especially a male one, that people pray to and who has control over parts of the world or nature: the ancient Greek ______s and goddesses

whole story

all the facts ; everything: They failed to tell us the ____________.

piece

an amount of something, or a part of something: She cut the flan into eight ________s.

beetle

an insect with a hard, usually black, shiny body

egg

an oval object with a hard shell that contains a baby bird, insect, or other creature: The bird lays (= produces) its _______s in a nest.

behind

at or to the back of someone or something: Close the door _________ you.

disregard

behaviour that shows you do not care about or have any interest in someone or something: His behaviour shows a total __________ for other people.

whole

complete, including every part: She spent the _________ afternoon studying.

nevertheless

despite that: I knew a lot about the subject already, but her talk was interesting ____________.

filthy

extremely dirty: Wash your hands, they're ________!

disgusting

extremely unpleasant: What's that ___________ smell?

size

how big or small something is: It's an area about the _______ of Oxford.

Zeus

in Greek mythology (= ancient stories), the greatest of the gods, the god of the sky and the weather, who ruled over human beings and the other gods: Before _______ hurled his first thunderbolt from Olympus, the pre-Greek people occupying the land presumably offered sacrifices to their own gods and goddesses.

aside

in a direction to one side: I gave her a plate of food but she pushed it ________.

once

in the past, but not now: This house __________ belonged to my grandfather.

alive

living, not dead: Are your grandparents still _________?

none

not any: _______ of them smoke.

upon

on: Her story was seized _______ by the press.

season

one of the four periods of the year; winter, spring, summer, or autumn: Autumn is my favourite __________.

leg

one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing and walking: My _____s are tired after so much walking.

poop

solid waste from the body

animal

something that lives and moves but is not a person, bird, fish, or insect: She's a real _________ lover.

moral

something you learn from a story or event about how to behave: The _________ of the story is never lie.

winter

the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring: We went skiing last __________.

face

the front part of the head where the eyes, nose, and mouth are, or the expression on this part: She's got a long, thin _________.

Mount Olympus

the highest mountain in Greece. It is notable in Greek mythology as the home of the Greek gods.

inside

the part of something that is under its surface: I cleaned the _________ of the oven.

ground

the surface of the Earth: I sat down on the __________.

smash

to break into a lot of pieces with a loud noise, or to make something break into a lot of pieces with a loud noise: Thieves _________ed the shop window and stole $50,000 worth of computer equipment.

decide

to choose something after thinking about several possibilities: I haven't ___________d whether or not to tell him.

enter

to come or go into a place: The police _________ed by the back door.

destroy

to damage something so badly that it does not exist or cannot be used: Many works of art were _________ed in the fire.

forgive

to decide not to be angry with someone or not to punish them for something they have done: I've apologized, but I don't think she'll ever _____________ me.

hide

to go to a place where you cannot be seen or found: She is going to run off and ______ behind a tree.

protect

to keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad: It's important to __________ your skin from the harmful effects of the sun.

punish

to make someone suffer because they have done something bad: They must be severely _________ed for these crimes.

explain

to make something clear or easy to understand by giving reasons for it or details about it: Can you ___________ why you did this?

follow

to move behind someone or something and go where they go, sometimes secretly: She _______ed me into the kitchen.

fall

to move down towards the ground: Huge drops of rain were ______ing from the sky.

push

to move someone or something by pressing them with your hands or body: She ______ed the books aside and sat down on my desk.

jump

to push your body up and away from the ground using your feet and legs: The children were ________ing up and down with excitement.

lay

to put something down somewhere carefully: She will _____ the baby on the bed.

cover

to put something over something else, in order to protect or hide it: They ________ed him with a blanket.

promise

to say that you will certainly do something or that something will certainly happen: She __________d to write to me every week.

laugh

to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you are happy or think something is funny: You never ________ at my jokes.

stay

to spend a short period of time in a place: We _______ed in a hotel.

leave alone

to stop bothering someone or annoying them: _______ him ________, he's tired.

underground

under the surface of the ground: This is an animal that lives ______________.

upset

unhappy or worried because something unpleasant has happened: They'd had an argument and she was still _________ about it.

once upon a time

used at the beginning of a children's story to mean that something happened a long time ago

Mount

used in the names of mountains: He climbed ________ Everest.

still

used to say that something is continuing to happen now or that someone is continuing to do something now: He's _______ here if you want to speak to him.

however

used when you are about to say something that is surprising compared with what you have just said: He had always been a successful businessman. Recently, ___________, things have not been going well for him.

hungry

wanting or needing food: I'm ___________. What's for supper?

alone

without other people: She lives _________.

extinct

If a type of animal is _________, it does not now exist.

lay eggs

If an animal _____________, it produces them out of its body.

respect

If you ________ someone's rights, customs, wishes, etc you accept their importance and are careful not to do anything they would not want.