| awake |
to rouse from sleep. |
| breath |
the air that goes into and out of the body through the nose or mouth. |
| bridge |
a structure that goes over something such as a river or road so that people can travel from one side to the other. |
| daytime |
the time between dawn and evening. |
| fare |
the price paid to ride on a bus, train, taxi, or airplane. |
| herd |
the common people; most people. The expression "He (or she) follows the herd" means that a person tends to do what everybody else does, like a cow in a herd, and does not think for himself or herself. |
| mate |
a marriage partner or close friend. |
| native |
an original resident of a given place, such as the Inuit people of Alaska and northern Canada. |
| neat |
clean and in proper order, or liking to keep things that way. |
| railroad |
a road of two connected steel bars along which trains move, or a system of transportation that uses these roads. |
| smart |
intelligent; knowing a lot. |
| soldier |
a person who serves in the army and who is not an officer. |
| stone |
hard material like rock. |
| unit |
a single thing that is one of a group of similar things. |
| wilderness |
a region in its natural state where there are things like trees and wild animals, but no people living there. |