Read the story and tell your own spooky story.

Use your dictionary to translate the phrases in the boxes.

She lived to regret ever laying eyes on them. -

The lad was as cute as a button. -
They legged it out the door. -
As I groggily came to -
A team of firefighters trooped inside to tackle the blaze. -
As it turned out -
I was flicking through a newspaper when I stopped dead in my tracks -
I was stunned as I read the story -
People were saying the painting was cursed. -
A shiver ran down my spine. -
Surely it couldn’t be evil! -
She was convinced the painting was somehow to blame. -
Have you noticed anything odd going on? -
It was dead creepy. -
I’d wake at 3am to see the same male spirit grinning at me. -
It must have followed me here. -
I stumbled downstairs to make a cuppa. -
It wasn’t my old home that was haunted, it was the painting! -
The realisation made my head spin. -
To be on the safe side I’ve given up on buying second-hand art. -