| A | B |
| bury | put a dead person in the ground |
| cruel | causing pain to other people |
| marble | a stone used in buildings |
| roof | the covering on top of a building |
| history | the study of things that happened in the past |
| beside | next to |
| as for | to tell about (used at the beginning of a sentence) |
| find out | learn a new piece of news |
| take part in | be involved in something a group does |
| brain | the thing in the head that is used to think |
| cage | an area with metal bars used to stop animals and birds from running away |
| copy | make something look or sound like another |
| prize | something given for winning something |
| nest | a place where birds keep their eggs |
| intelligent | able to learn and understand things well |
| aviary | a large cage in which birds are kept |
| stand out | be easily seen or noticed |
| take care of | watch and protect |
| turn out | to be found to be |
| publish | print and sell books, magazines, or newspapers |
| translate | change from one language to another |
| earn | get money by working |
| afford | to have enough money to be able to buy something |
| apartment | room for living in a building or house |
| successful | popular, or making a lot of money |
| philosopher | a person who studies serious questions about life and the world |
| best-seller | a book that has sold a very large number of copies |
| a number of | several |
| take off | become popular |
| around the world | in many different countries |