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      raft

      rowing boat

      sailing boat

      speedboat

      yacht

      Working boats:

      barge

      ferry

      galleon OLD-FASHIONED

      hovercraft

      hydrofoil

      liner

      steamboat

      tanker

      trawler

      tug

      Boats used in war:

      aircraft carrier

      cruiser

      destroyer

      frigate

      galleon OLD-FASHIONED

      submarine

      body NOUN

      Your body is all of you, from your head to your feet.

      build

      Although flyweight boxers only have a slight build, they are powerful for their size.

      figure

      My sister maintains her figure by practising yoga regularly.

      form

      A shadowy form hovered at the end of Nikki’s bed, but it was only her mum, tucking her in!

      physique

      Most sportspeople lift weights in the gym to improve their physique.

       The upper body is the trunk or torso.

      Some parts of the body:

      ankle

      arm

      calf

      chest

      elbow

      eye

      eyelash

      finger

      foot

      genitals

      head

      hip

      knee

      leg

      lips

      mouth

      neck

      shin

      shoulder

      teeth

      thigh

      toe

      tongue

      wrist

      bog NOUN

      A bog is an area of land that is always wet and spongy.

      marsh

      The marsh is full of wild flowers at this time of year.

      morass

      After the agricultural show had finished, the field was a morass.

      quagmire

      Thanks to the pouring rain, the fairground became a quagmire.

      swamp

      “Be careful of that swamp,” Holmes warned.

      boil VERB

      When a liquid boils, or when you boil it, it starts to bubble and give off steam.

      bubble

      The witch cackled as she stirred the potion bubbling in the cauldron.

      steam

      The geyser steamed for an hour before erupting violently.

      bone NOUN

      A bone is one of the hard white parts inside your body.

      Some bones:

      backbone

      cheekbone

      jawbone

      kneecap

      rib

      skull

      book NOUN

      A book is a number of pages held together inside a cover.

       A word for all books is literature.

      Some other words for a book:

      edition

      hardback

      paperback

      publication

      volume

      work

      Some types of book:

      address book

      album

      annual

      anthology

      atlas

      brochure

      catalogue

      cookbook

      diary

      dictionary

      directory

      encyclopedia

      exercise book

      guidebook

      hymnbook

      jotter

      manual

      notebook

      novel

      reference book

      scrapbook

      storybook

      textbook

      thesaurus

      boring ADJECTIVE

      Something boring is dull and uninteresting.

      dreary

      “That’s a dreary picture,” said Dad. “Who painted it?”

      monotonous

      The professor’s monotonous voice droned on through the hot afternoon.

      tedious

      Waiting in traffic jams is a tedious business.

      ANTONYM: interesting

      boss NOUN

      Someone’s boss is the person in charge of the place where they work.

      employer

      My Dad’s employer is an American.

      head

      The shop assistant worked so hard, she soon became head of her department.

      leader

      The party leader hoped one day to be elected Prime Minister.

      manager

      Dad is manager of a supermarket. Mum is manager of a shoe shop.

      supervisor

      Carol’s supervisor let her have the afternoon off work to go to the doctor.

      bossy ADJECTIVE

      If you are bossy, you like to order other people around.

      arrogant

      The arrogant boss had a rather unfriendly management style.

      domineering

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