| audition |
a performance that tests the ability of an actor, musician, or dancer. |
| childhood |
the period or state of being young and not fully grown. |
| clinic |
a place that gives medical treatment, usually to people who do not need to stay in a hospital overnight. |
| crutch |
a support used to help injured people walk. A crutch is a pole with a padded top that rests under the arm. |
| diet |
the food and drink usually eaten and drunk by a person or animal. |
| flunk |
(informal) to be unsuccessful; fail, as a student in an examination or course. |
| furthermore |
besides; in addition; moreover. |
| hedge |
a solid row of bushes, used as a kind of fence. |
| prickly |
full of small, sharp points. |
| produce |
to bring into being. |
| proverb |
a short, often-used saying that expresses something wise or true. |
| scrawny |
very thin; skinny. |
| tend1 |
to be likely; usually do. |
| thud |
a dull, muffled sound of one thing hitting another. |
| tightly |
in a firm, close, or secure way. |