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level: Endangered Animals

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Verbs of movement

level questions: Endangered Animals

Question	Answer
to move repeatedly backwards and forwards or from side to side from a fixed point	swing
to move very slowly and clumsily	lumber
to move between lots of places without staying for very long in any of them	flit
to move quite slowly	crawl
to move through the air	fly
to move quickly and aggressively towards something	charge
to move up and down or from side to side with a lot of quick, light movements	flutter
to move quietly, in a secret way	steal
to walk in a proud way, with their head held high and their chest out, as if they are very important.	strut
to walk around in a casual way	wander
to move wings quickly up and down	flap
to move quickly with large steps or jumps	bound
to move more quickly than when you walk	run
to run slowly	jog
to move fairly fast at a speed between walking and running, taking small quick steps.	trot
to walk with short, quick steps, swinging slightly from side to side	waddle
to move suddenly downwards through the air in a smooth curving movement.	swoop
to walk slowly and in a relaxed manner	amble
to run very fast so that all four legs are off the ground at the same time.	gallop
to move around quietly, for example when hunting	prowl
to leap, move about, or act in a playful manner; frolic	frisk
to move almost as if you are dancing, with a series of little jumps from one foot to the other.	skip
to go quickly up into the air	soar
to move there quickly with small, light steps	scamper
to move towards the top of something	climb
to jump high in the air or to jump a long distance	leap
to move silently and in a smooth and effortless way	glide
to go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water	dive
to move along in a curving way	slither
to run in an easy and relaxed way, taking long steps.	lope
to move along by jumping on both feet	hop
between or involving different countries	international
threatened with extinction	endangered
when something keeps developing or happening more quickly and keeps becoming less likely to stop.	momentum
impetus	an impelling movement or force; incentive or impulse; stimulus
you stated or argued that it is true.	contended
a principle that applies in all cases or a characteristic that is present in all members of a particular class.	universal