Vocabulary of Marco Polo

ENGLISH AND GEOGRAPHY

TO RAISE: to serve in the capacity of parent to

FABRIC: a cloth made by weaving, knitting or felting fibers

FRIARS: man who is a member of a Roman Catholic mendicant order

TO WORSHIP: reverence for God, a sacred personage, or a sacred object

TO WEAVE: to lace together so as to form a fabric 

TO WHISPER: to speak with soft, quiet, hushed sounds, with little or no vibration of the vocal cords

CANE: a long, hollow woody stem with joints, such as the bamboo plant

MARBLE: limestone that has been changed into a hard rock , used in sculpture and in buildings

WIDOW: a women whose husband has died and she has not remarried anyone

THREAD:

COAL: a mineral substance made of carbon, used as a fuel

WAVE: a movement of the hand, as a greeting

CELL: a small room, such as in a convent or a prison

Vocabulary

ENGLISH

bargain: something on sale at a lower price than its true value, meaning that it has a great discount
sales: a special offering of goods reduced prices
worth: good or important enough to justify
afford: to have enough money to...
closing down sales: a sale in which items are sold cheaply before a shop goes out of buisness
brand new: having just (or  relative recently) being or been made or acquired or discovered
wake boarding: sport in which you are pulled along the surface of the water by a boat while doing jumps and turns on a boars

trail biking: 

bow: a strong, flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends and used for shooting arrows

arrow: a slender, long stick with feathers at the back end and a point at the tip that is shot from a bow

target: an object, usually marked with ringed circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests

 










come along: to proceed or advance

join in: to become involved in an activity with other people
catch up: to reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else
miss out: to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something
take up: to begin to do something
try out: to use something to see if it works well
fill up: to make something full, or become full
queue up: to wait in a line for something
set up: the way in which things are organized or arranged 
wash up: to clean something using water