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      boil VERB

      When liquid boils, it bubbles.

      bubble

      Stew bubbled furiously on the stove.

      foam

      Warm the butter until it foams.

      froth

      Hot milk rose in the pan and frothed over the top.

      heat

      Heat the mixture for five minutes.

book NOUN

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

      KINDS OF BOOKS:

      album

      atlas

      diary

      dictionary

      encyclopedia

      jotter

      manual

      notebook

      novel

      storybook

      textbook

      thesaurus

      boring ADJECTIVE

      Something boring is so dull that you have no interest in it.

      dreary

      We spent a dreary afternoon queuing for concert tickets.

      dull

      The film was so dull that William fell asleep in the middle of it.

      monotonous

      The television presenter droned on in a monotonous voice.

      ➔ mind-numbing

      ANTONYM: exciting

      bottom (1) NOUN

      The bottom of something is the lowest part of it.

      base

      There were lots of fallen rocks at the base of the cliff.

      bed

      The bed of the river was sandy.

      foot

      They stopped at the foot of the mountain and looked up.

      foundation

      It was an old pillar. The foundation was crumbling.

      bottom (2) NOUN

      Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on.

      behind

      Llewelyn sat there so long that his behind went numb.

      bum INFORMAL

      “Does my bum look big in this?” Abdul’s teenage sister asked.

      buttocks

      A fall on the ice bruised his buttocks.

      rear

      While Tom was looking round the farm, a goat butted him in the rear.

      box NOUN

      A box is a container with straight sides, made from something stiff, like cardboard, wood or plastic.

      carton

      They took a carton of strawberries with them on the picnic.

      case

      When we moved, all our books were packed in cases.

      chest

      Tommy keeps his toys in a chest.

      packet

      Sarah wanted her own small packet of cereal for breakfast.

      brave ADJECTIVE

      If you are brave, you show you can do something even if it is frightening.

      adventurous

      Jack was adventurous and liked to explore new places.