Across
- 3. (2 words)a hand gesture used to express hope for good luck or a favourable outcome
- 5. to lower its temperature below 0*C; (of a liquid) to be turned into ice
- 8. the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live
- 9. (2 words) at the present time; immediately: You’d better leave right now.
Down
- 1. a running race of slightly over 26 miles (42.195 kilometres)
- 2. a situation in which two people are friends
- 4. to stop someone or something from being killed, injured, or destroyed
- 6. a competition between runners, horses, vehicles, boats, etc., to see which is the fastest on a set course
- 7. some; an amount that is not exact but is fewer than many: Both "an amount" and "amount" are correct, but used differently. "An amount" is a singular noun phrase used with uncountable nouns like "an amount of water," while "amount" can be a singular noun "the amount of work" or a verb "the cost amounts to $50". The word "amounts" (plural) is also correct and used for multiple quantities, as in "large amounts of data".
- 10. a net used to catch insects, made by a spider from the sticky thread that its body produces