headache

• A pain in the head.

• I have a headache from you screaming in my ear.

warehouse

• A place were goods are recived.

• I went to the warehouse to pick up a piano.

Cupboard

• A place were you stick canned foods on shelves.

• I stuck the green beans in the cupboard on one of the shelves.

Old-fashioned

• No longer in common use.

• I used to were old-fashioned clothes in my old school.

teammate

• Someone who is on your team.

• My teammate passed me the ball at football practice.

Rattlesnake

• A type of snake that rattles its tail and makes a sound to scare of people if it feels threatened.

• The rattle snake was rattling at me so I backed away.

Blueberry

• A type of fruit that is blue and small.

• I had three blueberry’s with my breakfast.

Headquarters

a military commander's office

• The military headquarters is near the airfield.

Space shuttle

• a vehicle that carries astronauts into space in order to do research and gather information

• They ride in there space shuttle all day long.

Baby-sit

• to watch a child while the parents are away.

• I had to baby-sit my little sister last night.

handwriting

• writing produced by hand (rather than by machine)

• She has very clear handwriting.

Nighttime

• the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise

• It was nighttime and the children were asleep.

Self-respect

• : It was nighttime and the children were asleep.

• : It was nighttime and the children were asleep.

shipwreck

• : It was nighttime and the children were asleep.

• : It was nighttime and the children were asleep.

penknife

a small pocketknife with a folding blade

• He carries a penknife to open his mail.

Mother-in-law

• the mother of one's spouse

• His mother-in-law comes to visit every year.

wristwatch

• a watch worn on the wrist:

• My wristwatch is run by a small battery.

handkerchief

• a square of cloth usu. used for cleaning the nose or mouth

• He wiped his nose with a handkerchief.

Bulletin board

• a board on a wall where notices, information, etc., are displayed:

• I saw our class schedule on the school bulletin board.

Software

• in a computer, a set of instructions that lets a person perform certain tasks, such as word processing, adding numbers, or reading information on the Internet; software is not part of the machine itself:

• I use communications software to exchange knowledge with other computer users. See:

windshield

. the glass across the front of a car that protects the driver and passengers from the wind

• The windshield on my car needs to be cleaned.

Guinea pig

• small animal resembling a big rat with short ears and no tail, often kept as a pet

• People were used as guinea pigs without their knowledge to test effects of a new drug.

Self-conscious

• uncomfortable in one's own body, awkward and shy:

• The self-conscious boy tried to hide his bad teeth with his hand.

videocassette

a videotape in a plastic cassette suitable for playing in a videocassette recorder attached to a television set

• We often watch old movies on videocassette.

Elementary school

• in USA, the lower grades of schooling, (syns.) grammar school, grade school

• He has two young children in elementary school; one is in the first grade and the other is in sixth grade. See: