Vocabulary

2. a safe or peaceful place
6. a very small, brightly coloured bird with a long, thin beak, whose wings move very fast and make a humming noise
9. a sudden strong blow of air
11. a structure where bees live, either built by people or made by the bees themselves
12. any stem on a plant, esp. the main stem
14. something that causes stress (= great worry or emotional difficulty)
17. a small American marsupial that lives in trees and has thick fur, a long nose, and a tail without fur
18. a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to each other

1. a plant with blue flowers grown for its stems or seeds, or the thread made from this plant
3. quick and exact either in movement or thoughts
4. the soft, thick hair that covers the bodies of some animals, or the hair-covered skin of animals, removed from their bodies
5. dry dirt in the form of powder that covers surfaces inside a building, or very small dry pieces of soil, sand, or other substances
7. an insect with wings that is similar to a butterfly, usually flies at night, and is attracted to light
8. up to buy, listen to, or do something very enthusiastically
9. an insect with a hard shell-like back
10. (of a tree or plant) to produce flowers that develop into fruit
13. a flying insect, often black and yellow, that can sting (= produce a small, painful skin injury)
15. a person or animal that is last in a group to do something or the last to get to or leave a place
16. a noise consisting of quickly repeated knocks