Narnia: pre-reading activity

​SOMETHING

​an object, situation, quality, or action that is not exactly known or stated:

There's something sharp in my shoe.

​SOMETHING

​ALGUMA COISA

COUNTRY

an area of land that has its own government, army, etc.:

What is the largest country in Europe?

COUNTRY

PAÍS

WIFE

the woman that you are married to:

She's his third wife (= she is the third woman he has been married to).

WIFE

ESPOSA

HOUSEKEEPER

a person, especially a woman, whose job is to organize another person's house and deal with cooking, cleaning, etc.

HOUSEKEEPER

EMPREGADA DOMÉSTICA

SHAGGY

having or covered with long, rough, and untidy hair, or (of hair) long, rough, and untidy:

SHAGGY

DESGRENHADO

GREW

past simple of grow

GROW:

to increase in size or amount, or to become more advanced or developed:

GREW

DESGRENHADO

MEET

to see and talk to someone for the first time:

MEET

ENCONTRAR

FRONT DOOR

the main entrance to a building, especially a house, usually facing the road

FRONT DOOR

PORTA DA FRENTE

ODD-LOOKING

If you describe someone or something as odd-looking, you think that they look strange or unusual.

ODD-LOOKING

ESTRANHO

RAILWAY

the metal tracks on which trains run:

We live close to the railway line.

RAILWAY

LINHA DO TREM