the help of a wheel, the potter formed the shapeless lump of clay into a vase.
blue ADJECTIVE
If something is blue, it has the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
Shades of blue:
aquamarine
azure
indigo
navy
sky blue
turquoise
boast VERB
If you boast, you talk proudly about what you have or what you can do.
brag
Alison couldn’t resist bragging about her new DVD player.
blow your own trumpet
I prefer modest people to those who blow their own trumpet.
crow
Paulo was so busy crowing about his marks, that he didn’t see Mrs Walker behind him.
show off
Brian is always showing off about the amount of pocket money he gets.
boat NOUN
A boat is a floating vehicle for travelling across water.
craft
At that distance, it was hard for the coastguard to identify the craft.
ship
Sir Francis Drake sailed in a ship he named the Golden Hind.
vessel
The tiny tug was nevertheless a sturdy vessel, capable of pulling much larger boats.
Leisure boats:
canoe
catamaran
dinghy
kayak
powerboat
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.
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
