| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| porridge | a cooked breakfast food made from ground-up oats |
| port | a harbour, or a town with a harbour |
| portable | not bulky or heavy, that may be carried |
| porter | a man who caries your luggage. The same word also means someone who lets people in or out of a door or a gate at the entrance to a building |
| portion | a part; a helping of food |
| portrait | a painting or drawing of a person |
| positive | meaning yes; absolutely sure |
| posses | to own or to have |
| possession | ownership, occupancy, land, estate, goods possessed |
| possible | able to be done or to happen |
| post | a long piece of wood or metal, fastened in the ground so that it stands up straight. The same word also means letters and parcels sent and delivered; another word for mail |
| post office | the place where you buy stamps and licences. It is also the place where all letters and parcels are sorted before they are delivered |
| post-haste | haste or speed |
| postcard | a piece of thin cardboard on which you can write to your friends. Most postcards have a picture on the back |
| poster | a large notice or picture that tells you about something going to happen. Some posters show you pictures or things you can buy, like food or clothes |
| postman | a man who collects and delivers the post |
| postpone | to put off to another time |
| posy | a small bunch of flowers |
| pot | any deep dish for cooking. The same word also means or clay containers for plants |
| potato | a vegetable that grows under the ground |
| potter | someone who makes pots and other things out of clay. The same word also means to do things in a rather lazy way |
| pottery | crockery, ornaments and other things made out of baked clay |
| pouch | a small bag |
| pounce | to spring or jump; down on something suddenly |
| pound | a measure of weight: a piece of paper money. The same word also means to hit something with very heavy blows, like pounding on a locked door |
| pour | to make liquid run out of a container by tipping it forward |
| pout | to close your lips and push them out to show that you are not pleased |
| powder | very tiny dustlike bits of something. Flour and cocoa are powders |
| practical | useful |
| practice | something done over and over until you are good at it, like throwing a ball, or playing a musical instrument |
| practise | to do something often, so that you become good at it |
| prairie | a large area of flat grassy land with very few trees |
| praise | to say very nice words about someone or something |
| pram | a four-wheeled vehicle for babies and very young children, pushed by hand. The word is short for perambulator |
| pray | to ask God for help; to request humbly |
| prayer | the act of praying |
| preach | to speak to others about being good, usually in church |
| precious | very valuable; worth a lot of money |
| precipice | a steep cliff |
| predict | to foretell, to prophesy |
| preface | a short beginning to a book to explain what it is about |
| prefer | to like one thing better than another |
| prefix | a syllable at the beginning of a word which changes its meaning. If you put un before the word pleasant it changes the meaning to not pleasant |
| pregnant | carrying a baby or babies not yet born |
| prepare | to make or get something ready |
| present | something that is given to you. The same word also means at this time; now |
| presently | soon, forthwith, immediately, speedily |
| president | the chief person in the government of a country that has not a king or queen. The same word also means the most important man in a club or business |
| press | to push against or push down. The same word also means all newspapers and magazines and the people who write what is printed in them |
| pressure | force or weight pushing against something |
What are idioms?
Idioms can be defined as a group of words having a meaning different from the individual meanings of each word in the group.