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Headway Advanced, Unit 1

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  • play truant
    to stay away from school without permission
  • merely
    only, just
  • unwilling
    reluctant
  • homebody
    a person who likes to stay at home
  • crawl
    to move on your hands and knees
  • lie in
    to stay in bed longer than usual
  • eyebrow
    the thin line of hair that is above each eye
  • buggy
    a small lightweight carriage
  • playwright
    A person who writes plays like William Shakespeare
  • bald
    no hair
  • afternoon nap
    afternoon siesta
  • whinning
    crying like a child, complaining
  • creeping
    moving on hands and knees
  • playdates
    an arrangement for children to spend time together and play
  • wander
    to move from place to place without reason
  • sleepover
    when a child spends the night at a friend's house
  • mortgage
    a specific type of loan that is used to buy real estate
  • mournful
    feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
  • swotting for an exam
    to study hard
  • tantrum
    a sudden short period of angry, unreasonable behavior, especially in a child
  • sigh
    to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
  • satchel
    a bag carried on the shoulder by a long strap and typically closed by a flap.
  • sensible shoes
    comfortable shoes
  • watch your weight
    to be careful about what you eat so you don't put on weight
  • teeter on high heels
    to walk on high heels struggling with balance
  • pot belly
    a large, protruding, rotund stomach
  • graze your knee
    Scrape your knee
  • mistress
    lover
  • nappies
    diapers
  • not my cup of tea (idiom)
    not something I like
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