VOCABULARY Focus 1:

a guttering candle

The eagle swooped down to snatch a young rabbit.

Anna looked up at him with her head tilted to one side.

 The talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another.

I was just glancing idly through a magazine.

He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.

a scornful look/remark/laugh

I tried to slink out of the room so that nobody would see me go.

She wore a starched white apron over her black dress.

an inflamed eye/toe/butt