| person |
A person is a human being. |
| personal |
Your personal things are the things that belong to just you. When you talk about personal things, you talk about yourself or about things that are happening in your life. Sometimes when we say that something is personal, we mean that it is not for other people to see or to know about. |
| persuade |
When you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by saying or doing things that make them decide it's a good idea. [2 definitions] |
| Peru |
Peru is a country in South America. It lies on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Peru has many types of land and climate. There are rainforests and high mountains and also dry, flat lands. The Amazon River is one of the rivers that flows through Peru. The mountains of Peru are part of the Andes mountains. Spanish is the language that most people speak in Peru. |
| pet1 |
A pet is an animal you keep in your home to enjoy and take care of. People keep dogs, cats, birds, fish, and other animals as pets. [2 definitions] |
| petal |
A petal is one of the separate leaves that form the head of a flower. Petals are usually a different color from the plant's other leaves, and they are often beautiful. |
| petunia |
A petunia is a plant that many people have in their gardens. Petunias have flowers that come in many different colors, and the flowers are shaped like the open end of a trumpet. |
| pharmacy |
A pharmacy is a place where people get medicine. Sometimes you see a pharmacy in a grocery store or hospital. A drugstore always has a pharmacy. |
| Philippine |
When something is Philippine, it is from the country of the Philippines, or it has to do with the people or culture of the Philippines. |
| Philippines |
The Philippines is a large island country in the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of very many islands. The Philippines has a tropical climate and many rainforests. It also has a lot of mountains that are volcanoes. The Philippines is home to many different animals, and a lot of these cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Many, many people live in the Philippines too. About half of them live in the large cities. |
| phone1 |
Phone is a short word for telephone. |
| photo |
Photo is a short word for photograph. A photograph is a picture that is made by using a camera. |
| photograph |
A photograph is a picture you make by using a camera. A short word for photograph is photo. [2 definitions] |
| photographer |
A photographer is a person who takes photographs. Very often, a person that we call a photographer does this as their job. |
| phrase |
A phrase is a group of words that have a meaning together. Phrases are not sentences, though. Phrases are like building blocks that we can put together to make sentences. Things like "in the kitchen" and "the boy next door" are phrases. |
| physical |
When something is physical, it has to do with your body and not your mind or emotions. When you run or climb, you are doing something physical. [2 definitions] |
| piano1 |
A piano is a large instrument for playing music. It has many black and white keys that you press with your fingers to make sounds. When you press the keys, small hammers in the back of the piano hit against wire strings. That is how the sounds of a piano are made. |
| pick1 |
When you pick something, you decide to take one particular thing out of a group of things. Picking something is the same as choosing something. [2 definitions] |
| pick out |
When you pick out something, you decide that it is the one you want and you take it. If you pick out a present for someone, you look at some different things and choose the one you think is best. |
| pick up |
When you pick up something, or pick something up, you take it into your hand or hands. If you dropped some money on the ground, you would probably pick it up! |
| picnic |
A picnic is a meal that is eaten outside. People have picnics at a park, beach, in the woods, or other places in nature. |