| city |
a large and important town where many people live and work. |
| coffin |
a box in which a dead person is buried. |
| drive |
to make something move by using force. |
| gap |
a space or opening between two things. |
| grade |
to rate for correctness or quality, usually by giving a letter or score. |
| joke |
a short story with a funny ending that is told to make people laugh. |
| ladder |
a structure with steps that you use to climb up to high places. You can move a ladder from one place to another. |
| lift |
to move (something) upward; raise. |
| lobby |
to try to influence people who make laws to vote in a way that supports what the group wants. |
| quiet |
making little or no noise. |
| seek |
to try to find; look for. |
| snow |
small, soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky like rain. |
| straw |
dried stems of certain grain plants. Straw is used to feed farm animals and to make things such as baskets and hats. |
| string |
a thin rope. |
| tire1 |
to take a person's strength or energy away. |