THE TEMPEST (Level Starter)

Prospero, the Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda are far away from home, alone on an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. They want to return to Milan...

Then, one day, Prospero sees a ship near the island carrying his greatest enemies. Prospero, with the help of his magic and the island spirit, Ariel, makes a magic storm - a tempest - to bring them to the island.

THE TEMPEST

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Vocabulary:

1. duke: the most important man in a big old town
2. wife: a woman living with a man
3. look after: to do things for someone or something that needs help
4. magic: something that makes things happen in a way that you don't understand
5. king: the most important man in a country
6. gate: the big door into a town
7. attack: to start hititng something suddenly
8. boat: you go across the water in this
9. letter: you write this to tell something to someone
10. island: a country in the sea
11. monster: a person or animal that is very bad to look at
12. spirit: a magic person without a body
13. show: to help someone to see something
14. ship: a big boat
15. storm: a lot of rain and very bad weather
16. land: to arrive somewhere from a ship
17. alone: with nobody
18. tempest: an old word for "storm"
19. wind: fast moving air
20. God: an important being who never dies and decides what happenns in the world
21. captain: the most important man on a ship
22. jump: to move suddenly form one face to a different place
23. swim: to go through the water moving your arms and legs
24. alive: not dead
25. river: water that moves along the country in a long line
26. part: some, but not all, of something
27. master: you call the person that you work for this
28. wood: the hard part of a tree
29. fire: this is red and hot, and it burns
30. prince: the son of a king
31. music: singing or playing intrument
32. follow: to go after something or someone
33. plan: when you get something ready before it happens
34. goddess: a woman god
35. marry: to make someone your wife or husband
36. difficult: not easy
37. spy: a person who tries to learn secret things
38. chains: long strings of metal; in these you cannot run away
39. prison: a place where people must stay when they do something wrong
40. sword: a long, sharp knife for fighting
41. ground: we walk on this
42. wake up: to stop sleeping
43. strange: not usual
44. animal: a living being that can think and move
45. forest: a place with lots of trees
46. fool: someone who cannot think well
47. pay: to lose something because you do a bad thing to someone
48. crime: killing someone; or taking something from someone
49. against: not helping
50. cave: a big hole in a hill that you can live in
51. word: a thing that you say or write
52. fool: a man who works to make a king laugh
53. fish: an animal that lives in water
54. raincoat: a coat that you wear in the rain
55. butler: a man who brings food and drink to an important person
56. wine: a red or white drink; when you drink a lot you feel happy and sleepy
57. surprised: suddenly feeling that something very new is happening
58. throw: to make something move from your hand through the air
59. treat: to do something to someone with good or bad feeling
60. dance: to move beautifully to music
61. clothes: things that you wear
62. free: with no master
63. heart: the centre of feeling in somebody
64. lost: that you cannot find
65. break: to make one thing into many little parts
66. agree: to say yes
67. stick: a long thin piece of wood