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The birds vocabulary

Terms

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BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
Bovril
Thick beef flavored liquid used to make broth
Council houses
Housing units built by the government
Fretful
Irritableand discontented
Furtively
Stealthily, so as to avoid being hred
Garish
Too bright or too much
Gib
Hesitated
Gramophone
Phonograph; record player
Imperative
Urgent; absolutely necessary
Larder
a place where food is kept; a pantry
Paraffin
Kerosene
Pasty
A meat pie
Pilchards
A small fish similar to sardines
Pips
Beeping sounds that indicate the time
Placid
calm
Pram
Baby carrige
Primus
Small portable stove
Reconnaissance
exploratory in nature, as when observing to seek information
Recounted
Told in detail; narrated
Scullery
a room next to a kitchen where pots and pans are washed and stored.
Shingle
area of a beach covered with ater worn gravel.
Sullen
Gloomy
Whist drive
A card game organized for a group
Wireless
radio

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