The Eighths sister

VOCABULARY
CHAPTER 1
MATCH THE WORDS WITH THE RIGHT DEFINITION

1 resist to ask yourself questions or express a wish to know about

something

2 pile to stop a person from speaking for a short period by something you
say or do

3 stare an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same
time, especially in a way that is unlikely and surprising

4 disturb upset and angry, often because someone has been rude

5 offended objects positioned one on top of another

6 coincidence to stop yourself from doing something that you want to do

7 interrupt to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when
surprised, frightened, or thinking

8 Wonder to interrupt what someone is doing

9 Holly one of a pair of tight-fitting coverings for the feet and legs
made of thin material and often worn under skirts and dresses

10 expectation a small evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with
shiny, sharp leaves and small, round, red fruit. Holly is often
used as a Christmas decoration in Europe and North America
11 carol a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a
building to escape to the air outside

12 chimney a happy or religious song, usually one sung at Christmas

13 stocking the feeling that good things are going to happen in the future
Put the new vocabulary into spaces/

He's starting to ______________________________ whether he did the right thing in accepting this job.

He's very impatient and always ___________________________________ me mid-sentence.

By some extraordinary ____________________________, I sat down right opposite your mother in the
train.

Many staff members were deeply _________________________ by his email.

Please don't ______________________________ your sister - she's trying to do her homework.

Don't _________________________at people like that, it's rude.

I have high ________________________ for this job

He had a ___________________ of papers on his desk.

I can never _________________chocolate.

On Christmas Eve we hang _______________________ on the end of our beds.

The __________________ was made of bricks.