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LITTLE ENGLISH

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DICTIONARY

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Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes something.

afraid

When you're afraid,

you are scared.

ajar

Something that is ajar

is partly open. The

door is ajar.

bad

alike asleep

When things are alike When you are angry, When you are

asleep you are

not awake.

awake

When you are awake,

you are not asleep.

When something is biggest

bad, it is has The boy on the

The boy in the middle

right is the

The opposite of bad is something is big, it is is bigger than the boy biggest of the

on the left.

three.

broken

brittle

When

black blue

Black is the color of a The sky is blue during

very dark night. the day.

brave

Someone who is

brave has courage.

Something that is something is

brittle will break or broken, it does

snap in two easily. not work or

Potato chips are has been

brittle. damaged.

courage

colorful

A quality in

brown

Brown is the color of

wood.

clean

When something is

clean, it is not dirty.

closed

When something is

closed, it is not open.

The door is closed.

Something that is which a person

colorful is brightly can face

colored or has many danger or pain

colors. without

showing

excessive fear.

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angry

they look the same.

you are very mad.

big

bigger

When someone or

unpleasant qualities.

above average size.

good.

dark

When it is dark, there

isn't much light.

different

When things are

different they are not

the same.

dirty

When something is

dirty, it is not clean.

early

When somethings

happens early, it

occurs in the

excellent

When

something is

excellent, it is

beginning part of the

day or it occurs

before it was

expected to happen.

very, very

good.

fast

This girl can run very

fast.

fiery

The opposite of fat is Fiery means very hot.

Fiery embers flew

out of the campfire.

full

This glass is full.

Empty is the opposite

of full.

frightened

When we are

frightened, we

are afraid.

green

gray

Grass, broccoli, and

good

When something is

good, it is has nice

qualities. The opposite

of good is bad.

Elephants are large, many other plants are

gray mammals. Gray green. You can make

paint can be made by green paint by

mixing black and mixing blue and

white paint. yellow paint.

happy

People usually smile

when they're happy.

healthy

When you are

healthy, you

are not sick.

hot

Fire is very hot.

last

The last item or

something is large, it is person is the one at

the end.

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little

When someone or

something is little, it middle is littler

is below average in

size.

fat

thin.

large

When someone or

above average size.

littler

The boy in the

than the boy

on the right.

littlest

The boy on the left is

the littlest of the three.

long

When something is

long, it is not short.

loud

The opposite of loud

is quiet.

mad

When you are mad at

someone, you are

angry with them.

many

The are many

apples above.

multicolored

Multicolored means

having many colors.

narrow

When something is

narrow, it doesn't take

up a lot space from

side to side.

new

When something is

new, it hasn't been

used before.

old open

When someone or Something that

something is old, it is open is not

has been around for a shut. The door

long, long time. is open.

orange

Orange is a color. You

pink

purple

red

can mix red and

Pink is the color you

The color purple is

quiet

Red is the first

yellow paint to get

get when you mix red made by mixing red When it is quiet there

color in the

orange.

sad

and white paint.

scared

and blue paint.

short

When someone or

is no noise.

shorter

rainbow.

shortest

The boy on the

Sometimes people cry

When you're scared,

something is short, it The boy in the middle

left is the

when they're sad.

you are afraid.

is below average

height.

is shorter than the

boy on the right.

shortest of the

three.

shut

When something is

shut, it is not open The

door is shut.

sick

When you are sick,

you are not healthy.

slow

When something is

slow it does not

move quickly.

smaller

The boy in the

middle is

smaller than

is below average size. the boy on the

right.

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small

When someone or

something is small, it

________

smallest

The boy on the left is

the smallest of the

three.

taller

The boy in the middle

is taller than the boy

on the left.

splendid

When something is

Someone who is smart splendid, it is very,

can think well.

tiny

tallest When someone or

The boy on the right is something is tiny, it

the tallest of the three.

straight

Something straight is

not curvy or bent.

tinier

The boy in the middle

is tinier than the boy

on the right.

tall

When

someone or

something is

tall, it is above

average height.

tiniest

The boy on the

left is the

tiniest of the

three.

upside down

ugly

Something that is ugly

is not nice to look at.

unhappy

Sometimes people cry

when they're unhappy.

When something is

upside down, its top

is where its bottom

used to be.

violet

Violet is a bluish

purple color.

white

Snow is white.

young

When someone or

wide

When something is

wide, it takes up a lot

space from side to

side.

yellow

Yellow is a color. The

sun is yellow. Lemons

are yellow.

something is young,

it has only been

around for a short

time. A baby is

young.

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smart

very good.

is very small.

Adverbs

An adverb is a word that describes an action, telling "how," "when" or "where" the action took place.

angrily

When you act

angrily, your

actions

indicate that

you are very

mad.

bravely

When you act bravely,

you face danger and act

without fear or despite

your fear. Firefighters

bravely face danger.

daily

When something

is done daily, it is

done each day.

Some people

exercise daily.

fast

early When something or

When something is done someone moves

early, it happens in the fast, they change

beginning of the day or position very

before the expected time. rapidly. The sprinter

The sun rises early in the ran fast.

day

fiery

When something

acts in an intense

or hot way, it is

fiery. The fire

burned hotly.

friendly

When people

act nicely to

each other, they

are being

friendly.

gracefully

When you do

something gracefully,

you do it with

elegance and beauty.

A ballerina dances

gracefully.

happily

When you do

something with

pleasure or joy, you

do it happily. She

happily helped her

brother.

harmoniously

When people, countries,

or other groups behave in

a friendly manner, they

are acting harmoniously.

horizontally

When something

moves horizontally, it

moves left and right.

Trains travel

horizontally along their

tracks.

joyfully

When you do

something with

great pleasure or

happiness, you do it

joyfully. She

joyfully went on

vacation.

late

When something

happens late, it is

done after the

expected time or is

done towards the

end of the day.

magically

When something is

done with magic and

mystery, it is done

magically. The rabbit

appeared magically out

of the magician's hat.

monthly

When something

is done monthly,

it is done each

month. People

pay their bills

monthly.

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quickly

When something

or someone moves

quickly, they

change position

very rapidly. An

athlete runs

quickly.

sadly

People behave

sadly when they

are sad or

depressed. She

they change position very cried sadly when put a lot of force

quickly. A cheetah runs she found out the and energy into it.

bad news.

Vertically

When something

moves vertically, it

moves up and down.

Elevators move

vertically in a

building.

weekly

When something is

When something acts violently,

it uses great force. The wind in done each week. Sue

a tornado spins violently.

groceries.

wiggly

When something

or someone is

wiggly, it twists

and moves all over.

yearly

When something is done

yearly, it is done each year.

People celebrate their birthday

yearly.

Astronomy-Related Words

asteroid

Asteroids are tiny

planets that mostly orbit

between Mars and

Jupiter.

asteroid belt

The asteroid belt is a

doughnut-shaped

concentration of

asteroids that orbit

astronaut

An astronaut

goes up into

space to explore.

astronomer

Astronomers are

people who study

astronomy and

learn about

objects in the

astronomy

Astronomy is the

science that studies the

universe.

the Sun between the

orbits of Mars and

Jupiter.

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universe, like

stars and planets.

strenuously

rapidly

When you do

When something or

something

someone moves rapidly,

strenuously, you

rapidly.

Violently

done weekly, it is

shops weekly for

1,000,000,000

Big Dipper

atmosphere

The atmosphere is the

gas that surrounds a

planet.

atom

Everything is made

up of tiny atoms.

aurora

Auroras are

beautiful lights

in the near-polar

sky.

The Big Dipper is

a group of 7 stars A billion is a thousand

contained in the

Northern

Hemisphere

constellation Ursa

major (the Great

Bear).

constellation

comet

A comet is the a small,

icy object that orbit the

Sun. It's tail always

A constellation

is a group of

stars that we

see in the sky.

crescent

moon

A crescent

Earth

The Earth is the

third planet from

eclipse

An eclipse happens

when the moon blocks

points away from the

They are not

moon is smaller the sun. It's where out light from the sun

sun.

necessarily

located

than a half

moon.

we live!

or the Earth's shadow

goes across the moon.

together in

space, but

looks as though

they are from

Earth.

falling star

A falling star is not a

star; it is a meteor

(made of rock and/or

gibbous moon

A gibbous moon

A galaxy is an

as an entire circle in enormous group moon and a full half a circle.

of stars.

iron) which is burning

up in the Earth's

atmosphere.

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billion

million. The Earth is

billions of years old.

half moon

full moon

galaxy

is between a half A half moon looks like

A full moon appears

moon.

the sky.

Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest

planet in our solar

system and the fifth

planet from the sun.

Little Dipper

The Little Dipper is a

group of stars in the

constellation Ursa

minor (the Little

Bear). This group of

stars ends at Polaris,

Mars

Mars is a meteor

reddish planet Mercury A meteor is a

and the fourth Mercury is a meteoroid that has

planet from the moonless planet; entered the Earth's

sun. It is the it is the planet atmosphere, usually

planet that closest to the Sun. making a fiery trail as

the pole star of the

Northern

Hemisphere.

comes closest to

the Earth.

it falls. It is sometimes

called a shooting star.

Most burn up before

hitting the Earth.

meteoroid

meteorite

A meteorite is a meteor

that has fallen to Earth.

Meteorites are made of

stone, iron, or stony-

iron.

Meteoroids are tiny

stones or pieces of

metal that travel

through space.

meteor

shower

A meteor

shower is when

a lot of meteor

fall through the

atmosphere in a

Milky Way Galaxy

Milky Way Our solar system is in

The Milky Way is the Milky Way galaxy.

a bright line of We can see the Milky

stars stretching Way as a band of stars

across the night in the night sky.

sky.

short time.

North Star

The north star is a

Neptune

star that is located

The Earth has one

moon. The moon has no gas and dust in space. This frozen

atmosphere. The same

side of the moon always

faces the Earth.

Neptune is the

eighth planet

almost due north

and is useful for

navigation.

Polaris is

currently the pole

star of the

Northern

observatory

An observatory is place

where people observe

the skies, using a

device like a telescope.

Hemisphere.

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nebula

moon

A nebula is a cloud of from the Sun.

planet has 8

moons.

phases of the

Moon

Pluto

orbit

The Moon orbits the

Earth. The Earth orbits

the Sun.

As the moon circles

the Earth, the shape planet

of the Moon appears Nine planets

to change. The phases orbit our Sun.

of the Moon are: the

new moon, waxing

planetarium

Planetariums put

on star shows that

teach astronomy.

Pluto is the ninth and

usually the farthest

planet from the Sun.

Pluto is the smallest

planet in our Solar

System.

crescent, first quarter,

waxing gibbous, full

moon, waning

gibbous, last quarter,

and waning crescent.

Saturn

quasar

Saturn is the

shooting star

A quasar is a distant

energy source in space

which gives off large

amounts of radiation.

satellite

Satellites orbit the

Earth.

sixth planet

from the Sun. It

has beautiful

rings.

A shooting star is

not a star; it is a

meteor (made of

rock and/or iron)

which is burning

up in the Earth's

atmosphere.

Solar System

In our Solar System,

nine planets, many

asteroids, comets, and

other objects orbit

around our sun.

space shuttle

The space shuttle flies

into space and back

down again, carrying

people and equipment.

spacesuit

Astronauts wear

spacesuits when they

walk in space.

Sun

The Sun is a

Each of the stars

we see in the

night sky is

another sun, but get our light and

much farther

away than our

sun.

Uranus

Uranus is the seventh

planet from the Sun.

Uranus looks bluish

and is covered with

clouds. It has an

unusual, tipped axis,

which gives it extreme

seasons.

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stars

medium-sized

yellow star in our

Solar System. We

most of our

energy from the

Sun.

Venus

Venus is the second

planet from the Sun and

the hottest planet in our

Solar System. From the

Earth, Venus is the

brightest object in the

sky except for the Sun

and the Moon.

zodiac

The zodiac is a band

of 12 constellations

(groups of stars) in

the sky, including

Capricorn, Aquarius,

Sagittarius, Scorpio,

Libra, Virgo, Leo,

Cancer, Gemini,

Taurus, Aries, and

Pisces.

At the Firehouse: Words

ambulance

An ambulance

takes sick

people to the

hospital.

ax

An ax is useful for

chopping wood.

boots

Boots are a type of shoe.

Boots cover the feet and

part of the lower legs.

Dalmatian danger

The Dalmatian is a You can get hurt

white dog that has in a dangerous

dark spots. situation.

flashlight

firefighter

A firefighter is a person

Fire is very hot. who puts out fires and

saves people's lives.

fire truck

Fire fighters on a fire

truck help put out fires.

flame

A flame is a fire.

A flashlight

helps you find

your way in the

dark.

hatchet

A hatchet is an

ax with a short

handle.

hero

A hero is someone who is

A helmet protects your admired for great courage,

noble character, and

performing good deeds,

like a firefighter.

hose

Water flows

through a hose.

hydrant

Fire fighters

hook a hose up

to a fire hydrant

to get water.

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fire

helmet

head. Firefighters wear

helmets.

wrench

ladder

You can climb

up a ladder to

reach tall

put out some types of

A wrench is a tool

that turns nuts or

a fire hydrant.

things.

Bathroom-Related Words

bathtub

You take a bath in a

bathtub.

hairbrush

A hairbrush is used

to brush and

untangle hair.

bubbles

It is fun to

blow soap

bubbles!

mirror

You can see

your reflection

in a mirror.

comb

A comb is a used to

smooth or untangle hair.

shampoo

A shampoo is a liquid

soap used to wash hair.

When you shampoo your

hair, you wash it.

eyedropper

An eyedropper is used to

drop liquids one drop at

a time.

shower

When you shower, you

wash your body in a

stream of falling water.

faucet

You can turn water

flow on or off at a

faucet.

sink

We can wash our

hands at a sink.

soap

Soap and water help Toilets are in

clean things.

toothbrush

You can keep your teeth

healthy by using a

toothbrush to clean them.

toothpaste

You use toothpaste to

clean your teeth.

towel

You can dry things

with a towel.

tub

A tub is a large

container. Tub is

also another word

for bathtub.

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water

rope

A rope is useful for tying Water is a liquid that can bolts, like those on

things together.

fires.

toilet

bathrooms.

At the Beach:

Beach-Related Words

ball

A ball is round

and fun to

bounce, throw,

kick, or catch.

crab

A crab has a

hard shell and

eyes on stalks

on its head.

bathing suit

A bathing suit is a

garment you wear

while swimming.

fiddler crab

The fiddler crab is

small crab that lives

on beaches. The

male fiddler crab

has one enlarged

claw.

beach

A beach is where the

water meets the land.

You can build sand

castles on the beach.

fish

Fish live in the water

and breathe with gills.

clam

Clams are animals

with two shells.

They burrow under habitats that are rich in

the sand.

hammock

A hammock is a large

People use fishing net or cloth that is used

rods to catch fish.

relaxing; it is hung up

by both ends.