Across
- 3. a container made of glass, clay or plastic, used for storing food in
- 5. actually existing or happening and not imagined or pretended; genuine and not false or artificial
- 7. accurate or true, without any mistakes
- 9. bring your hand, or an object you are holding, against sb/sth quickly and with force
- 10. a sport in which two people fight each other with their hands, while wearing very large thick gloves (called boxing gloves)
- 12. willing to do things which are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid
- 14. a competition between people, animals, vehicles, etc. to see which one is the faster or fastest
- 15. a feeling of being uncertain about sth or not believing sth.
- 17. a type of solid mineral substance that is usually hard and shiny and that heat and electricity can travel through, for example tin, iron, and gold
- 20. an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want
- 21. to take the place of sb./sth, replace
- 22. to give the impression of being or doing sth.
- 23. the marks used in writing that divide sentences and phrases; the system of using these marks
- 24. to make sth. full of sth.; to become full of sth.
- 25. an object in the shape of a circle, usually made of gold and precious stones, that a king or queen wears on his or her head on official occasions
Down
- 1. a deep round dish with a wide open top, used especially for holding food or liquid
- 2. to find a way of dealing with a problem or difficult situtaion
- 4. the true facts about sth, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed
- 6. a statement, letter, etc. that shows that sth is true, correct or definite
- 8. firmly believing sth; having no doubts
- 11. the Olympic Games, an international sports festival held every four years in a different country
- 13. an arrangement, a promise or a contract made with sb.
- 16. a sport in which two people fight by holding each other and trying to throw or force the other one to the ground
- 18. used with uncountable nouns to mean ‘a smaller amount of ’
- 19. made of gold; bright yellow in color like gold
- 23. a building where people are kept as a punishment for a crime they have committed, or while they are waiting for trial