VIP Class Notes (Li)

What would you do to collect all the ingredients for this poison?

End of “The Recipe”

Vocabulary

skin – peel off the skin of a fruit/animal

recipe – a set of instructions for making a dish

telescope – a long piece of equipment for looking at things which are far away

genuine – real

ex. This medicine is genuine, I got it from the doctor.

a dose of medicine – one quantity of a medicine

overdose – take too much

ex. The Grand High Witch warned the witches to not overdose on the poison.

Grammar

shrink in size – to get smaller

bits of chocolate – small pieces of chocolate

The witches will make the poison and open the sweet shop. It can turn children to rat when they go to school.

The witches will make the poison and open many sweet shops. It can turn children into mice when they go to school.

The boy hasn’t taken bath for a long time. The witches smell the boy like fresh dog poo poo.

The boy hasn’t taken a bath for a long time. The witches can’t smell the boy because he smells like fresh dog poo poo.

They will grow fur and tail and shrink small.

They will grow fur, a tail and shrink.

Drink ten drops is more good than drinking five drops.

Drinking ten drops is better than drinking five drops.

Pronunciation

recipe – rare-si-pee

hours – ours