Vocabulary

Question 1

HOWEVER

Answer 1

despite whatever amount or degree

Question 2

YEARLY

Answer 2

every year or once every year

Question 3

FILLED WITH

Answer 3

full of the stated thing

Question 4

THATCHED ROOF

Answer 4

a roof of a building made with straw or reeds

Question 5

UNDERNEATH

Answer 5

under or below

Question 6

WARM

Answer 6

having or producing a comfortably high temperature, but not hot

Question 7

SLIPPERY

Answer 7

wet, smooth or oily so that it slides easily or causes something to slide

Question 8

MESS UP

Answer 8

something which has been done badly

Question 9

CANOPY

Answer 9

a cover fixed over a seat or bed, etc. for shelter or decoration

Question 10

KETTLE

Answer 10

a covered metal or plastic container with a handle and a shaped opening for pouring, used for boiling water

Question 11

STEW

Answer 11

a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount of liquid

Question 12

LEFTOVERS

Answer 12

food remaining after a meal

Question 13

OVERNIGHT

Answer 13

for or during the night

Question 14

HANG UP

Answer 14

to fasten or support something at the top leaving the other parts free to move, or to be held in this way

Question 15

SIGN

Answer 15

something showing that something else exists or might happen or exist in the future

Question 16

WEALTH

Answer 16

a large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.

Question 17

CHEW

Answer 17

to bite something with your teeth, usually in order to taste its flavor.

Question 18

PEWTER

Answer 18

a bluish grey metal which is a mixture of tin and lead

Question 19

LEAD

Answer 19

a type of metal

Question 20

LEACH

Answer 20

to remove a substance from a material, especially from earth, by the process of water moving through the material, or to remove parts of a material using water

Question 21

POISONING

Answer 21

an illness caused by eating, drinking or breathing a dangerous substance

Question 22

DEATH

Answer 22

the end of life

Question 23

CONSIDERED

Answer 23

to believe someone or something to be, or think of them as something

Question 24

STALE BREAD

Answer 24

no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long

Question 25

WORM

Answer 25

a small animal with a long narrow soft body without arms, legs or bones

Question 26

MOLD

Answer 26

a soft green or grey growth which develops on old food or on objects that have been left for too long in warm wet air

Question 27

ACCORDING TO

Answer 27

as stated by

Question 28

BURNT

Answer 28

past simple and past participle of burn

Question 29

LOAF

Answer 29

bread which is shaped and baked in a single piece and can be sliced for eating

Question 30

KNOCK OUT

Answer 30

to make yourself ill or unconscious with tiredness

Question 31

ALE

Answer 31

any of various types of beer, typically one that is dark and bitter

Question 32

BURIAL

Answer 32

the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected with this

Question 33

GATHER

Answer 33

get together with other people

Question 34

WAKE

Answer 34

when the family and friends of a dead person meet in order to look at the dead body the night before it is buried, or when they meet after a dead person has been buried to drink and talk about the person’s life

Question 35

RUN OUT

Answer 35

to finish, use or sell all of something, so that there is none left

Question 36

DIG UP

Answer 36

to take something out of the ground by digging

Question 37

COFFIN

Answer 37

a long box in which a dead person is buried or burnt

Question 38

BONE

Answer 38

any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up its frame

Question 39

SCRATCH

Answer 39

to rub with your nails

Question 40

ALIVE

Answer 40

not dead

Question 41

TIE

Answer 41

to fasten together two ends of a piece of string or other long thin material, or to (cause to) hold together with a long, thin piece of string, material, etc.

Question 42

STRING

Answer 42

–(a piece of) strong thin rope which is made by twisting very thin threads together and which is used for fastening and tying things

Question 43

WRIST

Answer 43

the part of the body between the hand and the arm

Question 44

BELL

Answer 44

a hollow metal object shaped like a cup which makes a ringing sound when hit by something hard, especially a clapper

Question 45

GRAVEYARD

Answer 45

a place, often next to a church where dead people are buried