Vocabulary Stories
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Transgress — A Vocabulary Story
The Glow at Gardens by the Bay Rajesh had promised his neighbour Andrea that he would behave on the school trip to Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. The...
Curt — A Vocabulary Story
The Map at Portobello Road Marina hurried between the stalls of Portobello Road Market, clutching a folded map her uncle Anil had drawn on the back of a...
Adversary — A Vocabulary Story
The Chess Match in Marrakesh In a sunlit café in Marrakesh, ten-year-old Noor set up her chessboard beneath a striped awning. Tourists wandered past, but she...
Candid — A Vocabulary Story
The Photographer of Reykjavík Hui adjusted her camera as the Icelandic wind tugged at her scarf. She had travelled from Singapore to photograph puffins, but...
Illusory — A Vocabulary Story
The Silver Lake Sergey adjusted his binoculars and pointed across the dunes of the Gobi Desert. "Look, Lei, a lake!" Lei squinted. Sure enough, a sheet of...
Menacing — A Vocabulary Story
The Storm at Cape Agulhas Rafael gripped the rusted railing as the wind shoved him sideways. Behind him, Cape Agulhas stretched into grey foam, the...
Foreshadow — A Vocabulary Story
The Painter of Slemish Mountain Rafael had hiked Slemish Mountain three times that summer, but never with a sketchbook tucked under his arm. His cousin Bibi...
Dawdle — A Vocabulary Story
The Marrakech Delivery Noor weaved her bicycle through the narrow alleys of the Marrakech medina, a paper bag of warm bread balanced in the basket. Her cousin...
Affluent — A Vocabulary Story
The Lost Locket of Leeds Castle Nushi pressed her nose against the glass case in Kent's Leeds Castle, studying a silver locket that once belonged to Lady...
Diminution — A Vocabulary Story
The Shrinking Pile at Portobello Road Mei arrived at Portobello Road Market with a battered suitcase of her grandmother's old buttons, hoping to sell them and...
Ebullient — A Vocabulary Story
The Floating Market Lan gripped the wooden edge of the longboat as it nosed into the floating market on the Mekong Delta. Around her, traders in conical hats...
Machinate — A Vocabulary Story
The Hay-on-Wye Bookshop Caper Vijay had been working at the dusty bookshop in Hay-on-Wye for only three weeks when he noticed the rival shopkeeper, Olga,...