GLOSSARY A CONVICT'S TALE
Chapters 1 to 6
Vocabulary
Sewer.- passage for carrying off waste water and refuse
Butler.- person that serves you
Court.- place where legal justice is administered
Rings.- when you don't sleep you hace rings
Knitting.- sth being knitted
Nappies.- what babies used
Laundry maid.- servant that cleans and wash your clothes
Mud.- soft dirt
Dye.- a coloring material used by the laundry maid
Starch.- white material which comes from the plants
Tub.- a bathtub
Mangle.- sth use to drain the clothes
Dragged.- to pull
Buns.- a round bread
Icing.- a sweet misture of sugar, butter and flavoring
Mouths watered.- when you are starving and you see sth delicious you have mouth watered
Grabbed.- to dragg
Hemp.- type of plant
Beat.- to hit
Logs.- it comes from the trees and it is cylindrical
Straw.- you use it to make fire
Deck.- place which is in the top of a ship
Tore open.- to open
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