Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Chapter 1

Uncomfortable: Not comfortable

Blew: The past of blow
Helping: an amount of food given to one person at one time
Cabbage: a large, round vegetable with large green, white, or purple
leaves that can be eaten cooked or uncooked
Starve: to become weak or die because there is not enough food to eat
Long for: To want something very much
Slabs: thick, flat pieces of a solid substance, such as stone, wood, metal,
food, etc., that is usually square or rectangular
Stare: to look for a long time with the eyes wide open, especially when
surprised, frightened, or thinking.
Munch: to eat something, especially noisily
Greedily: in a way that shows a wish to have a lot more food, money, etc.
than you need
Nibble: to take a nibble. A small bite.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Chapter 2

doze (away): to pass time in sleepiness.

light up: to look happy
look forward to: to feel pleased and excited about something that is
going to happen.
eager: having a strong desire or interest
up his sleeve: Kept secret and in reserve for use when needed.
tiny: very small
makes your mouth water: makes you want to eat it.
chuckle: to laugh quietly
gobble up: to eat a large amount of food quickly

Early Birds
Worm: a small, long animal without legs that lives in the ground.
Saddle: seat used for riding a horse
Ahead of: further in the future than
Shots: photos
Disturb (verb): interrupt someone while they are doing something.
Come across: meet someone or see something by chance.
Sleep in: wake up later than usual in the morning.
Quite: pretty
Aim to: to intend
Get into: involve
Encourage: to make someone more likely to do something
Be worth it: enjoyable enough or producing enough advantages to
make the necessary effort, risk, pain, etc. seem acceptable.
Take pride in: be proud of
Put (you) off: to discourage someone from doing something
Prove: to show a particular result after a time
Rarely: not often
Sunrise: the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise
Sunset: The time in the evening when you last see the sun
Awesome: causing feelings of great admiration, respect or fear

Phrases to express likes and dislikes

Strong Adjectives

Very big → massive, enormous, huge

Very intelligent/clever → brilliant
Very small → tiny
Very bad → awful, terrible, disgusting, dreadful
Very tasty/good → delicious
Very angry → furious
Very clean → spotless
Very dirty → filthy
Very cold → freezing
Very nice → lovely
Very funny → hilarious
Very hot → boiling
Very hungry → starving
Very old → ancient
Very scary → terrifying
Very tired → exhausted
Very good → excellent, perfect, ideal, wonderful, splendid, awesome,
brilliant, terrific
Very silly → ridiculous
Very happy → thrilled
Very pretty → gorgeous
Very ugly → hideous
Very surprising → astounding
Very beautiful → lovely
Very impressive → amazing

Unusual stories

Commuters: people who regularly travel to work

Employees: people who work for a company
Attempt: try to do something
Wacky: unusual in an interesting way (often in a silly way)
Loads of: a large quantity
Represent: show or describe something
Hesitate: pause because you are not certain
Pick (noun): something you choose
Have a head for heights: the ability to look down from high places without
feeling ill or nervous
Get your head around: to understand something
Find your way: if you find your way somewhere, you manage to get to that place
Hang around: to wait or spend time somewhere, usually for no particular
reason
Hang out: to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone
Have to laugh: to feel about something that it is amusing in a certain way,
even if it is also unpleasant or foolish
Turn up: to appear.