Zodziai Flashcards
a stick of wax with a piece of string in it that you burn to give light.
Candle
relating to religion – belief in a god or gods – or a particular system of beliefs in a god or gods.
Religious
to do something so that you stop being affected by someone or something that is annoying or unpleasant.
Get rid of
to decide to stop being angry with someone who has done something that is bad.
Forgiven
someone whose job is to find out secret information about a country or an organization
Spy
to put someone’s dead body in the ground during a funeral ceremony.
Buried
to start something such as a business, organization, or institution.
Set up
a large farm where crops such as tea, coffee, cotton, and sugar are grown.
Plantation
a type of leaf that people smoke in cigarettes
Tobacco
someone who belongs by law to another person and who has to obey them and work for them
Slave
destroyed or damaged very badly. Someone whose ship is badly damaged or destroyed is shipwrecked.
Wrecked
a long journey, usually on a ship.
Voyage
with a surface that is not smooth because of bad weather.
Rough
feeling ill from the movement of the boat that you are travelling on.
Seasick
calm water does not move very much.
Calmer
a strong alcoholic drink.
Rum
the land that is on the edge of a sea or lake.
Shore
a line of water that rises up on the surface of a sea, lake, or river.
Wave
the feeling that you have when you think something bad is going to happen
Fear
to speak to God or a saint, for example to give thanks or to ask for help.
Prayed
a hole or crack in something that a liquid or gas comes out of.
Leak
to disappear below the surface of water.
Sink
the person who is in charge of a ship or aircraft.
Captain
if a weapon fires, or if someone fires it, someone uses it to shoot something
Fire
if something dies down, it becomes much less noisy, powerful, or active.
Die down
to move a boat through water using poles with flat ends called oars.
Rowed
someone who steals things from ships while they are sailing.
Pirate
a woman whose husband has died.
Widow
a large piece of strong cloth fixed to a tall pole on a boat. It uses the wind to move the boat across water.
Sail
to hit someone or something with a bullet from a gun.
Shooting
a substance that is used for causing explosions and for firing weapons.
Gunpowder
to disappear below the surface of water and die.
Drown
a man who has control over servants, other people, or an animal.
Master
someone whose religion is Christianity.
Christian
a pale brown substance that you find at a beach or in the desert, formed from very small pieces of rock
Sand
the air that goes in and out of your body when you breathe, or the action of getting air into your lungs. If you take a breath, you fill your lungs with air.
Breath
to hit someone very hard, so that they fall.
Knock me over/down
a simple flat boat made by tying long pieces of wood together.
Raft
a piece of equipment that you hold to do a particular type of work.
Tool
a large round container with a flat top and bottom, used for storing liquids and other substances.
Barrel
a large area of land that forms the main part of a country but does not include any islands.
Mainland
a small simple building
Hut
a structure made of cloth and supported with poles and ropes. You sleep in it when you are camping
Tent
the holy book of the Christian and Jewish religions.
Bible
a hard heavy metal that is used for making steel.
Iron
a slightly cool dark place where the light and heat from the sun does not reach.
Shade
a steep slope goes up or down very quickly.
Steep
a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground.
Cave
a flat upright structure made of wood or wire that surrounds an area of land.
Fence
a piece of equipment for reaching high places that consists of two long pieces of wood or metal joined by smaller bars where you put your feet when you climb.
Ladder
to make a hole in the earth bigger by removing more earth.
Dug out
an animal similar to a sheep but with longer legs and a thinner coat.
Goat
very surprised
Amazed
wheat, or any similar plant with seeds used for food.
Corn
a food consisting of small white or brown seeds that are eaten cooked.
Rice
a sudden shaking movement of the ground.
Earthquake
to make lots of quick small movements up and down, or from side to side.
Shook
an animal with a shell and four short legs that lives mainly in water.
Turtle
a medical condition in which the temperature of your body is very high.
Fever
to travel around an area in order to learn about it, or in order to search for something.
Explore
a fruit with a hard green skin and sour juice.
Lime
a pleasant place in a forest or garden where the trees protect you from the sun.
Bower
a brightly coloured tropical bird that is often kept as a pet and can be taught to copy what people say.
Parrot
a light narrow boat that you push through the water using a short pole with a flat end
Canoe
an amount of a plant that is grown for food.
Crop
a tool used for digging that consists of a handle and a flat part that you push into the earth
Spade
a line of bushes or small trees that grow close together around a garden or a field
Hedge
to break something into very small pieces or powder, either by using a machine or by crushing it between two hard surfaces
Grinding
to catch and kill animals to eat.
Hunting
a piece of equipment that you cook food in.
Oven
a strong movement of water or air in one direction.
Current
a container for carrying or keeping things in, made from thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together.
Basket
to teach an animal not to be afraid of people or attack. An animal that has been tamed is described as tame.
Tame
hair that grows above a man’s mouth.
Moustache
a mark made by a human in a soft surface such as earth, snow, or sand.
Footprint
one of the hard parts that form the frame inside your body.
Bone
to do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something bad or illegal.
Punish
a grey, black, or white cloud that is produced by something that is burning.
Smoke
if something such as a road, river, or door leads somewhere, or if it leads you there, it goes there.
Led
someone whose job is to cook, clean, or do other work in someone else’s home
Servant
someone who has been caught by someone else and is not allowed to leave.
Prisoner
a bow is a weapon made from a curved piece of wood. It is used for shooting arrows – thin straight sticks with a sharp point at one end and feathers at the other.
Bow and arrow
to put your knee or both knees on the ground.
Kneeling down
a weapon with a short handle and a long sharp blade.
Sword
a movement or sound that you make in order to tell someone something.
Sign
the soft substance under your skin that consists mostly of muscle and fat.
Flesh
a tall pole that the sails hang from on a ship or boat
Mast
to tie a rope etc tightly around someone so that they cannot move or escape.
Tied up
lacking physical strength or good health
Weak
to move your hands or an object over a surface firmly.
Rubbed
an occasion when people refuse to obey someone in a position of authority.
Mutiny
thunder is the loud noise that you sometimes hear in the sky during a storm. Lightning is the bright flashes of light that you see during a storm.
Thunder and lightning
someone whose job is to help the captain on a ship.
Mate
someone who travels in a vehicle, aircraft, train, or ship but is not the driver or one of the people who works on it.
Passenger
someone who is in charge of an area.
Governor
a wild animal that looks like a large dog.
Wolves
an old word for a man from a family in a high social class.
Gentleman
