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a paw:
1. an animal's foot
The dog cut its paw on a piece of
wire on the ground.
2. a person's hand (informal and humorous)
Go and wash your mucky paws before we have dinner.
a mane:
1. the long thick hair along the top of a horse's neck or around the face and neck of a lion
She brushes her horse's mane and tail until they gleam.
2. a person's thick long hair
He's got beautiful flowing mane of black hair.
whiskers:
1. the long, stiff hairs growing on an animal's face
The cat cleaned the milk off his whiskers.
2. a moustache or the hair growing on a man's face (plural noun, old-fashioned and humorous)
I hate it when his whiskers tickle me when he hugs me.
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cluck:
1. the sound a hen or chicken makes
2. express too much sympathy, anxiety or approval towards someone
She's very overprotective. She clucks over her son the minute he starts crying.
purr:
1. the sound a cat makes when it's contented
2. show your pleasure when speaking (in a sexy way)
'So open up your present and see what I got you' Marilyn Monroe purred.
bark:
1. the sound a dog makes
2. shout at someone forcefully
'Attention! Right, left! Right, left!' The army sergeant barked.
sting:
1. a small but painful injury, usually with a poison, that an insect makes by biting you
2. say something hurtful which upsets someone
When she criticised his work, it really stung him.
preen:
1. the way a bird cleans its feathers using its beak
2. feel very proud or satisfied with yourself because of something you've done or a quality you have
She's very vain and spends hours preening herself in front of the mirror before she goes out.
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to be the cat's whiskers:
to be better than everyone else
He's thinks he's the cat's whiskers since he got promoted.
to keep the wolf from the door
to have just enough money to live on
It's a low-paid job but she had to take it to keep the wolf from the door.
to talk the hind legs off a donkey
to talk a lot for a long time
He never stops! He could talk the hind legs off a donkey!
to come home to roost
to return and make trouble for you
She didn't do any studying this term, just had a good time and went to loads of parties.
Now the exams are here and it's all coming home to roost for her.
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limping
walking unevenly because of injury or pain in the leg
swelling
becoming larger and rounder than usual
antibiotics
medicine that can destroy harmful bacteria
twice a day
two times every day
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