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Packed-lunch - food to eat on journey, at work etc

Pall-bearer - person who carries a coffin (see above) at funeral.

Pants - informal word for trousers (US). Also used in UK English for underwear and (slang adjective) poor quality.

Parachute - used to jump safely from plane

Park Ranger - patrol the the very large US national parks

Passenger - non driver

Peck - how a bird bites with its beak

Plain-clothes – not in uniform.

Ponytail - hair tied behind head with a 'tail' hanging down

Public {the} - the people, popular opinion

Regret - something you wish had not happened

Rifle - long gun used for shooting from distance

Risk - danger of something bad happening

Rocky - full of rocks or stones e.g around mountains.

Rumours - a story which is perhaps not true.

Smuggled - hide something to take it somewhere forbidden.

Stage-manage - to manage or manipulate to create an effect.

Stare - look intensely at someone or something

Scary - something that scares or frightens you (conversational)

Striped - with lines or bars going down.

Sucked - opposite of blow e.g suck milk through straw

Suburban/suburb - residential area on the periphery of city

Suit - trousers and jacket in same colour, style and material

Tense – nervous, uncomfortable. When something bad is expected.

Trapped - where you cannot get free or escape

Tournament - competition held over a short period of time (e.g. Wimbledon)

Unconscious - not awake but not asleep

Wound – to injure by force e.g gun or knife