Kids English 子供の英語

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accomplished
adorable
aerial: in, from, or  operating in air 
after all
agility
airship: 飛行船
albatross: アルバトロス　アホウドリ
alcove: recess in the wall of a room
ancestor
angler: person who fishes with a hook and line
anklet: 装飾品として足輪
antler: branched horn of male deer
apprentice
apology, apologize: expression of regret for wrongdoing
apt
aqurium: 水族館
around
as clear as day: 明々白々　紛れもなく
ashamed, felt ashamed
ask permission from someone  to ~ 
astronaut
at once
athlete: 運動選手、アスリート
avocado
back and forth
bangle: 装飾品として腕輪
bank: sloping ground at the side of a river, riverbank
beak: 嘴　くちばし
beard, have beard
beautifully
beetle
berate: scold harshly
dereft: deprived, lacking adequate living condition
between them all: 彼ら全員の間で
big, small
biscuit
bite
blanket
blow
blush: become red in the face
booby: 最下位　ブービイ
bounce: rebound
brag: speak arrogantly and boastfully
branch, pl.branches
break the record
breath, breathlessly
breath, v. breathe
bridge
broom: long-handled sweeping brush ほうき
bulky
bump: knock or strike
bumpy: ごつごつした
bunny: a child word for a rabbit　pl.bunnies
　　cf.daddy, mummy, puppy
burst into tears
butterfly
cabbage:キャベツ
calf, pl.calves
calm down
canopy: any large wide covering
carousel
cart: open two wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for carrying goods
cartoon
cast a spell
caterpillar
cautiouness
cavity pl. cavities
chew: grind between the teeth
chick: ひよこ
chirp: make short high-pitched sound
chore: routine task   ショア　日々の雑用
chubby: plump and round ぽっちゃりした　see plump
cicada: セミ
claw: sharp hooked nail, see hooked
clean, dirty
climb, go climing
clingy: 甘えん坊の
clown
cluck: 雌鶏henの泣き声
clumsy: 不器用な　badly made
cockscomb: トサカ　鶏頭
cocoon
code
cold, hot
comb: search with great care
come ashore   ashore: towards or on land
competition
congratuate, everyone congratuates for~
consider
convulsive: 痙攣した
copyeditor
corn silk
cough, coughed
countless
courage, courgeous
cowardly
cower: cringe in fear, cringe:draw back or flinch in fear
crate: large wooden container
crawl: ハイハイする
creaky
crow: make a shrill squawking sound   カラス（烏）の意味も
crumple: くしゃくしゃになる
cupboard: pice of furniture or alcove with a door for storage
cute
deck out: decorate
definitely
dent: hollow
depair: total loss of hope
desperately: in despair and reckless
disability: 障害
discriminate, adj.discriminatory
discus: 円盤（投げ）　ラテン語　
dismissed! : 解散！
dizzy: めまいがする　クラクラする
donky
doubtfully
dragonfly: トンボ
dreadful: very disagreeable or shocking 
dribble, dribbled, dribbling
drong: tropical songbird
drool: show excessive enthusiasm
droplet
dry, wet
duck: move quickly downwards to avoid being seen or dodge a blow
dull: not interesting
dump, dump the task
dumpling: 団子（だんご）
earrings
egret: シロサギ類
embarrassedly
embrace
encyclopedia, encyclopaedia
enthusiasm
evil
exclaim
exhale, breathe out/inhale, breathe in
exhaust: tire out, use up
experiment
explore: investigate, travel into esp. for sceintific purpose
fake
fall down
fall flat
fang: long pointed tooth 　牙　きば
feel dizzy
feel worse
Ferris wheel
fertilizer
fig: soft pear-shaped fruit, tree bearing it
final, finally
firefly: 蛍（ほたる）
flamboyant: behaving in a noticeable
flamingo
flap: move up and down
flesh: 肉体、（果物の）果肉
flip: throw carelessly
flock: gather in  a crowd
flourish
fluffy: ふわふわした 
fly: ハエ 蠅
foot, pl.feet   cf.tooth, pl.teeth
force
formidable: frghtening because difficult to overcome or manage
frail: physically weak; esily damaged
fragrant: sweet smelling
freckle, freckles,  freckled: しみ、そばかす
frog
from nowhere: どこからともなく
fumble: handle awkwardly
fuss: needless activity or worry
fussily: せかせかと口やかましく
gadget: 実験道具
gargle: うがいする　うがい水
garland: 花輪 wreath of flowers worn or hung as a decoration
gasp: convulsive intake of breath, convulsive: 痙攣した
get angry
get furious: 激怒する  
get stuck: 立往生する　動けなくなる
gibbon: テナガザル
giggle: laugh nervously
give up
glance
glitter: shine with bright flashes
gnaw: bite or chew steadily,  gnawing grass
gorge: deep narrow valley
go, went
go hide
go missing
go up
go wrong
gobble: がつがつ食う
grandma, grandpa
grasshopper
gravity
grove: 木立
grow up
grin: smile broadly,showing the teeth
grumble, grumbling
gullible, gullibility: easily tricked
gulp: swallow hastily 　See swallow
gymnastics: 体育館
hairy
happy, happily
hare
hatch: emerge from an egg,  hinged door
hastily
have a fear
haven: plaece of safety
hedgehog: ハリネズミ　針鼠
heedless: loss of carefull attention
hen: 雌鶏　rooster
heritage
hide and seek: かくれんぼ
high, low
hill
hippo: hippopotamus 　ヒポポタムス　河馬（かば）
hive: beehive: structure in which bees live
hoarse: rough and unclear
hollow
hooked: bent like a hook
hornbill: サイチョウ
horrible: disagreeable, unpleasant ; causing horror 　ホラﾌﾞﾙ
huddle：hunch through cold or fear
hunch: draw ones's shoulder s up or together
hunger
ignorance: lacking knowledgecower
immediately
in agreement: 賛同して
in fright
in disapointment: 失望して
in dismay, dismay: alarm mixed with sadness
independence
infect
inspection
intangible
interject, interjected: make a remark suddenly or as an interruption
isle: island  発音：アィル
islet: small island　発音：アイレッツ
jacket
javellin: やり投げ
kingsfisher: 川蝉（かわせみ）
laboratory
laden: たわわに実る、積んだ 
ladybug
laundry
leafully, leafy
lean down
leap: make a sudden powerful jump, make leaps
leftover: unused portion of food or material
length, v.lengthen
leopard
life cycle
lime: small green citrus fruit
lizard: トカゲ　蜥蜴
long, short
look for
loom:machine for weaving cloth
lung
lurk: 潜む
lush: growing thickly and healthily
make one sad
make one scared
managed to~
manuscript
march into
mattress
mess, make a mess
meteorology: 気象学
mew
miaow
millet: type of cereal grass
mindset  （習慣的に無意識に固定された）考え方
mule: offspring of a horse and a donkey
mole: ほくろ
monsoon
mosquito: 蚊, mosquito net
mould
mound: heap esp. of earth or stones
multiplication
murmur: speak or say in a quite indistinct way
mutter: grumble
natty: smart and spruce こぎれいな　see spruce
naughty
never give up
new, old
nocturnal: of the night; ctive at night
nutrition, nutrious
Olympics
on behalf of ~
on my way to ~
orbit
ostrich: ダチョウ
out of control
outer,  the outer and the inner  
outreach: 弱者、顧客とコミュニケーションをとり助けようとすること
owl: フクロウ　梟
ozonesonde   オゾンゾンデ
paddle: move with a paddle
paddy field: field where risce is grown
painstaking: extremely through  and  careful
parade
Paralympics
parch: make thirsty
parrot: オウム　鸚鵡
pass away
pat: そっとたたくこと。
pattern, pl.patterns
peck: strike or pick up with the beak
peer in
pelican
persistently
pillow
plait: おさげ
planet
pluck: pull or pick off
plump: moderately and attractively fat 
plunge
pod: long narrow seed case of peas, beans, etc., さや　格納庫
poetry
poke into: 突っ込む   掘り下げる
poke one's nose into お節介をする　stick one's nose into
poking つつくこと
pomegranate: ザクロ　柘榴
ponder: think thoroughy or deeply
portion
precious
predator: predatory animal
prey
pretty, prettier
problem, adj. problematic
puff up: 膨らむ
pupa: insect at the stage of development between larva and adult, larva:幼虫
quickly 
raindops
ray
recess: holiday between sessions of work, at recess
reckless: heedless of danger
reluctant
responsibility, take responsibility for ~
retreat: 撤退
revise
rhino: rhinoceros  サイ　犀
right away
ripple: flow or form into little waves
ritual: (宗教）儀式、作法
roam around, roam: wander about
roar: make or utter a loud deep hoarse sound, see hoarse
robust: very strong and healthy
rock-paper-scissors   じゃんけん
rooster: domestic cock 
rub: apply pressure and friction to something
rumble: ぶつぶつ言う
run like crazy for one's life
run out
safe, safely
sandpit: 砂場
scorch: burn on the surface
scrach: matk or cut with claws,nails, or anything rough and sharp 
seduce: temp into wrongdoing
sew: 縫う
shade: 日陰
shake, shook
shine
shoot: new branch or sprout of a plant
shorts: short trousers
shot put: 砲丸投げ　shot putter
show off: behave flamboyantly in order to attract attention
sibling: brother or sister
sick, fall sick
silly
sink
skewer: pin to hold meat together during cooking
skin: 皮膚、（果物の）皮
sky, in the sky
slide: 滑り台
slither: slide unsteadily　発音：スリザ
slump: decline suddenly, sink or fall heavily
smell terrible
snail: slow-moving mollusc with a spiral shell 蝸牛（かたつむり）
sneeze: いびきをかく
sniff
snooze: brief light sleep
snout: animal's projecting nose and jaws
soar: rise or fly upwards
sob: weep ith convulsive gasp
sow: 種をまく
Spanish flu.
spare: 予備の
speck: small spot or particle
speckle: mark with speckles, small spots
spew: vomit; send out  in a stream
spin
spit, spit out
splash
spotless
sprout: put forth shoots, begin to grow or develop　芽生える
sprout, srouted, sprouting
spruce: neat and smart
spur: 拍車
squeeze
squeak: きしむ
squirrel: 栗鼠（リス）
stack: 積み重ねる
startle
steady
stink
stir fear
stomp: tread heavily, see tread  踏みつける　踏み鳴らす
stuff: fill completely
sturdy: healthy and robust, see robust
stuff: fill completely
stutter: 口ごもり（どもり）ながら話す　speak with repetition of initial consonants
sunlight, get sunlight
surprise, surprised
swallow: 飲み込む　ツバメ（燕）の意味もある
swim, swam
tailor bird: サイホウチョウ
tap: 蛇口　軽く繰り返したたく（こと）
tawney owl: 欧州系フクロウ
tear open, tore open
tears, exlained through tears
tease
terrible: very serious, very bad; causing fear　発音: テラﾌﾞﾙ　see horrible
thick, thin
thirst
thorny: トゲのある
thread
thrill
throw, threw: 投げる
thrush: brown songbird
thunder
toss
tread: set one's foot on
tremble with fear
trickle: move gradually
trilogy: 三部作
try, tried
tug-of-war: 綱引き  
tumble: fall violently
twirl: turn or spin around quickly
twist
typhoon
underwear
unfortunately
universe
unsure
upper, the upper and the lower
upset: emotionally, disturbed or ditressed
vain: excessively proud bound to fail
village, villagers
veggies: 野菜
vendor
vest
wail: cry out in pain
wait: remain inactive
wand: thin rod esp.one used in performing magic trics  魔法の杖
warming up
water v.: put water into
what on earth
wheelchair
whirl
whirlpool
whisle, whisling: produce a shrill sound , esp.by forcing through pursed lips
whisper
wholeheartedly
wildfire
wipe: clean and dry by rubbing, wiping tears
witch
woof: barking noise made by a dog
worm
worthwhile
yak
yam: tropical root vegetales