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| to shout out loudly and happily.
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| cheese
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| a food made from the thickened parts of milk.
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| cheetah
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| a spotted mammal that belongs to the cat family.
| Cheetahs live on the dry plains of Africa and prey on other animals. They are extremely fast runners.
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| chef
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| a person whose job it is to cook and prepare food.
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| chemical
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| any substance that can change when joined or mixed with another.
| Chemicals can be natural or manufactured.
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| cherish
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| to love or value someone or something highly.
| She cherished her pet rabbit.
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| cherry
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| a round, soft fruit with a small pit in its center.
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| chess
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| a board game for two people. The winner is the person who takes the other player’s king.
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| chest
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| the front of your body below your shoulders and above your stomach.
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| chew
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| to use your teeth to break up food.
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| chick
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| a young bird.
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| child
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| a young person.
| A child legally becomes an adult at the age of 18.
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| chimney
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| a pipe above a fire that takes smoke out of a building.
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| chimpanzee
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| a mammal that lives in groups in forests in central Africa. Chimpanzees are related to the ape family. Their main diet is fruit and nuts, though sometimes they eat small animals.
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| chin
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| the part of your face between your mouth and your neck.
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| china
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| a type of delicate pottery made from fine, white clay.
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| chip
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| a small piece of something that has broken off something larger.
| wood chips
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| chocolate
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| a sweet food made from crushed and roasted cocoa beans, milk, and sugar.
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| choir
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| a group of singers.
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| choke
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| to stop or almost stop breathing.
| The firefighters almost choked in the dense smoke.
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| choose
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| to decide that you want one thing and not another.
| I chose the blue pants, instead of the red ones.
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| chop
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| to cut up something with a sharp tool.
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| chopstick
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| a thin piece of wood or plastic used in pairs for eating food.
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| chorus
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| lines in a song that are repeated at the end of each verse.
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| Christian
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| a person who believes in and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ and believes that Jesus is the son of God.
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| church
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| a building where Christians hold religious services.
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| chute
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| a sloping channel for sliding things down.
| Water chute.
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| cigarette
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| a rolled-up piece of paper filled with tobacco that can be lit and smoked.
| Cigarettes can harm your heart and lungs.
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| cinder
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| a small piece of partly burned wood or coal.
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| circle
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| a flat, exactly round shape.
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