Madame Doubtfire book VOCABULARY

CHAPTERS 1 & 2:

Be fair: To treat people equally without favouritism or discrimination.

Turn to: Move or cause to move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point

Take care of: Keep (someone or something) safe and provided for.

Babysitter: A person who looks after a child or children while the parents are out.

Disappointed: Sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one's hopes or expectations

Wipe: Clean or dry (something) by rubbing with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand

Argue about: Fight about

To be upset by: To be unhappy, disappointed, or worried

 Trust anyone: Belief in someone

 CHAPTERS 3 & 4:

The line was dead: That one of the two people hang up (in telephone calls)

Hang up: End a telephone conversation by cutting the connection

Warn: To say a warning

Nod: Lower and raise one's head slightly and briefly, especially in greeting, assent, or understanding, or to give someone a signal.   

Make-up: (the same as in Spanish)

Shake hands with: Take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation

Apply for: Make a formal application or request

Sweat: Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically in profuse quantities as a reaction to heat, physical exertion, fever, or fear.

CHAPTERS 5 & 6:

Kittens: A young cat. 

Honeymoon: A holiday spent together by a newly married couple

CHAPTERS 7 & 8:

Nude: Without clothes

Play: (theater)

Pillar: An upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument:

To be glad: Feeling pleasure or happiness

To add: To join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount

To be frustrated: Feeling or expressing distress and annoyance resulting from an inability to change or achieve something

Marriage: The legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship   

To get divorced: To do an official or legal process to end a marriage:

To pretend: To behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.

"Yours sincerely": A way to say goodbye in the letters

Intent: Invent

Appointment: An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.

Lean: To incline the body in a certain direction

Feel jealous: To feel upset and angry because someone that you love seems interested in another person or because someone has something that you want

To lie: To say an inaccurate or false statement; a falsehood.

Handwriting: A style or manner of writing by hand

Loud: With good volumen or intensity

Take off: To remove something, especially a piece of clothing

CHAPTERS 9 & 10:

Fastener: A button, zip, or other device for temporarily joining together the parts of things such as clothes

Be childish: To behave as a child

Hedgehogs: (An animal)

Complaining: To express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something

Be on strike: To refuse to continue working because of an argument with an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:

To be naked: To be nude

Arrive on time: To come to a certain place during the appointed time

Shawl: A piece of fabric worn by women over the shoulders or head or wrapped round a baby.

Realise: To understand late something in a clear way

CHAPTERS 11 & 12:

Selfish: Lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.

Be shining: (the Sun) producing light

Smelly: Having a strong bad smell

Knock: The sound that produce striking a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door

Bed sheets: The sheets for a bed

Sharp: Having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something