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| TOM THUMB by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm |
puff | |
v. blow hard and loudly | |
make haste | |
v. hurry up | |
bridle | |
n. a set of leather straps that are put around a horse's head to allow its rider to control it | |
urchin | |
n. poor and often mischievous city child | |
clod | |
n. a piece of soil or clay | |
furrow | |
n. a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) | |
poke | |
v. push a finger or other pointed object quickly into someone or something | |
sulky | |
a. depressingly dark | |
parson | |
n. a person authorized to conduct religious worship | |
bawl | |
v. shout loudly and without restraint | |
pluck up heart | |
v. take courage in heart | |
roguish | |
a. playful in an appealingly bold way | |
grope | |
v. feel with your hands, especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot see easily | |
snug | |
a. enjoying or affording comforting warmth and shelter especially in a small space | |
woeful | |
a. of very poor quality or condition | |
be undone | |
a. be without hope for the future, having experienced great disappointment | |
rick | |
n. a stack of hay | |
tumble | |
v. suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat v. fall suddenly and sharply | |
dunghill | |
n. a small pile of solid animal waste | |
gulp | |
v. eat or drink food or liquid quickly by swallowing it in large amounts | |
dishearten | |
v. make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy | |
pantry | |
n. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines | |
reckon | |
v. judge to be probable v. think or believe | |
clatter | |
n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement) | |
frolic | |
n. happy behaviour, like that of children playing | |
scythe | |
n. an edge tool for cutting grass, has a long handle that must be held with both hands and a curved blade | |
rip | |
v. tear or be torn violently, pull apart | |
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