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 * __Computer Assisted Language Learning Playground Website Vocabulary List__**

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 * Please provide definitions for the following words and phrases:

__Key Vocabulary__

ghost (noun) -** the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.

**spirit/soul** **(noun)** - the part of someone that you cannot see, that consists of the qualities that make up their character, which many people believe continues to live after the person has died

**haunt (verb)** - if the soul of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often and possibly causes problems and scares people
 * death (noun)** - the end of the life of a person or animal
 * spooky (adjective)** - s trange or scary in a way that makes you think of  ghosts


 * frightening (adjective)** - making you feel afraid or nervous
 * disembodied (adjective)** - existing without a body or separated from a body

**cemetery (noun)** - a piece of land, usually not belonging to a church, in which dead people are buried
 * paranormal (adjective)** - paranormal events cannot be explained by science and seem strange and mysterious

**disturbing (adjective)** - worrying or upsetting
 * grave (noun)** - the place in the ground where a dead body is buried
 * burial (noun)** -  the act or ceremony of putting a dead body into a  grave
 * torture (verb)** - if a feeling or knowledge tortures you, it makes you suffer a lot mentally

__**Idioms & Phrases**__
 * coffin (noun)** - a long box in which a dead person is buried or burnt


 * drive a nail into one's coffin -** To do something that causes you serious and permanent harm

**as white as a ghost -

dead as a doornail -

the color drained from his/her face -

it looks like you saw a ghost -**


 * death is knocking at his door -**


 * you gave me a good spook -**


 * he's rolling over in his grave -**


 * buried six feet under -**