Reading: A day at the seaside vocabulary

Line Word or phrase Approximate meaning

1 slap a short hit with the flat of your hand / a long kiss

2 ocean sea / beach

4 warily cautiously / happily

6 disturbing attractive / upsetting

9 windburned red skin caused by wind and salty air / kind of water sport

11 set off leave / arrive

13 observations comments / looks

15 tragic very happy / very sad

18-19 put my foot down refuse / agree

19 ended up arrived at our destination / didnt go to

Line Word or phrase Approximate meaning

25 chuckled shouted / laughed

28 serenely calmly /furiously

29 preposterous beautiful / very silly looking

33 nibbled ate like a rabbit / made

36 whimper cry / smile

37 Irish Setter kind of fish / kind of dog

40 burying covering / playing

41 dermatologist doctor specializing in skin diseases / lawyer

42 convention party / large formal meeting

44 nipped bit / licked

Answers

Line Word or phrase Approximate meaning

1 slap a short hit with the flat of your hand

2 ocean sea
4 warily cautiously
6 disturbing upsetting
9 windburned red skin caused by wind and salty air
11 set off leave
13 observations comments
15 tragic very sad
18-19 put my foot down refuse
19 ended up arrived at our destination

Line Word or phrase Approximate meaning

25 chuckled laughed

28 serenely calmly

29 preposterous very silly looking

33 nibbled ate like a rabbit

36 whimper cry

37 Irish Setter kind of dog

40 burying covering

41 dermatologist doctor specializing in skin diseases

42 convention large formal meeting

44 nipped bit