Vocabulary of Killing Lizards

Squat: /skwɒt/ to position yourself close to the ground balancing on the front part of your feet with your legs bent under your body:
*She squatted on the ground and warmed her hands by the fire.

Catapult: /ˈkæt.ə.pʌlt/ a device that can throw objects at a high speed:

*In the past, armies used catapults to hurl heavy stones at enemy fortifications.

Bound: /baʊnd/  certain or extremely likely to happen:

* You're bound to forget people's names occasionally.

Thong: /θɒŋ/  a narrow piece of especially leather used to fasten something or as part of awhip

Nip: /nɪp/ to go somewhere quickly or be somewhere for only a short time:

*Can you nip out/round/down to the shop for me?

Pebble: /ˈpeb.l̩/  a small smooth round stone, especially one found on a beach or in a river:

*This part of the coast has pebble beaches.

Bole: /bəʊl/  the trunk of a tree

Snatch: /snætʃ/ to take hold of something suddenly and roughly:

*He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.

Dangle: /ˈdæŋ.ɡl̩/ to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely:

*Loose electric wires were dangling from the wall.

Illicit: /ɪˈlɪs.ɪt/  illegal or disapproved of by society:

*illicit drugs such as cocaine and cannabis