I didn't like to mention it before (he being your brother and all) but the moment I set eyes on your brother, I said to myself, "Treacherous." -- What does treacherous mean?
Dangerous, terrible or someone who betrays others
"But what'll they do to him Mr. Beaver?" gasped Lucy. -- What does gasped mean?
To inhale suddenly
He kept slipping into deep drifts of snow, and skidding on frozen puddles and sliding down steep banks. -- What does skidding mean?
To slide sideways, often on a slippery surface.
And he stood there, gloating over the stone lion, and presently, he did something very sill and childish. -- What does gloating mean?
Feeling happy when someone feels bad
And he stood there, gloating over the stone lion, and presently, he did something very sill and childish.
He drew on the face with a pencil.
He had a great white beard, that fell like a foamy waterfall, all over his chest. -- What does foamy mean?
Bubbly and frothy
He had a great white beard, that fell like a foamy waterfall, all over his chest. -- Who was it?
Santa Claus!
He was so big, and so glad and so real, that they all became quite still. They felt very glad, but also solemn. -- What does solemn mean?
Serious and unsmiling
He handed her a quiver full of arrows and bows, and a little ivory horn. -- What does quiver mean?
An archer's case.
The dwarf gave Edmund a hunk of break. He grinned a repulsive manner as he set it down beside Edmund. What does repulsive mean?
Disgusting and gross
