shepherd = somebody who looks after sheep in the countryside
raft = a small flat boat
flock of sheep = a group of sheep
waterfall = where water falls vertically down from a high rock
1) All of a sudden
2) scared him stiff
3) To make matters worse
4) it went without saying
5) Out of breath
6) shout at the top of his voice
The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.
1) prdctd v. said what would happen in the future
2) crshd v. hit sth hard
3) clff n. a long vertical drop down in the countryside
4) stt n. a stone model of a person
5) fld n. when the water from a river, etc. covers the land
6) trmnds adj. to a large extent, very much
7) ignrd v. did not take notice of because it seemed unimportant
8) shllw adj. not deep (water)
9) rg n. anger
10) exhstd adj. very tired
1) All of a sudden
All of a sudden, a great tree log brought by the swollen river waters crashed past Antonio and smashed onto the bank.
2) scared him stiff
Antonio glanced up the mountain and what he saw scared him stiff.
3) To make matters worse
To make matters worse, they would fall over the waterfall down into the swimming pool below killing everybody in their path.
4) it went without saying
Antonio was not sure - but it went without saying that he had to go over the edge, or he would not reach the swimming pool in time.
5) Out of breath
Out of breath, Antonio tried to shout,
‘Out! Get out! Danger!’ he shouted in Spanish.
6) shout at the top of his voice
‘Go, go!’ he shouted at the top of his voice. ‘The mountain is coming. It will kill you all. Go back up to the village!’
1) predicted
2) crashed
3) cliff
4) statue
5) flood
6) tremendous
7) ignored
8) shallow
9) rage
10) exhausted
See the video of the flood that hit the Sierra Nevada village of Trevelez this summer (2024)...
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