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to encourage a person or team.

      cheerful ADJECTIVE

      Someone who is cheerful shows they are feeling happy.

      cheese cheeses NOUN

      Cheese is a food made from milk. Some cheeses have a strong flavour.

      See Other foods on page 261

      cheetah cheetahs NOUN

      A cheetah is a large wild animal of the cat family, with black spots.

      chef chefs NOUN

      A chef is the head cook in a restaurant or hotel.

      chemist chemists

      NOUN 1 A chemist is a person who makes up medicine.

      NOUN 2 The chemist is a shop where you can buy medicine and things like soap and toothpaste.

      NOUN 3 A chemist can be a scientist trained in chemistry.

      chemistry NOUN

      Chemistry is the scientific study of how substances are made up and how they work together.

      cheque cheques NOUN

      A cheque is a piece of paper that people use to pay for things.

      cherry cherries NOUN

      A cherry is a small round red or black fruit with a hard seed called a stone in the middle.

      See Fruit on page 260

      chess NOUN

      Chess is a game for two people. It is played on a board marked in black and white squares.

      chest chests

      NOUN 1 Your chest is the top part of the front of your body, between your neck and your waist.

      NOUN 2 A chest is a large heavy box, usually made of wood.

      chestnut chestnuts

      NOUN 1 A chestnut is a large tree.

      NOUN 2 A chestnut is also a shiny brown nut that grows on a chestnut tree.

      chew chews, chewing, chewed VERB

      When you chew food, you bite it several times.

      chick chicks NOUN

      A chick is a baby bird.

      See Young animals on page 265

      chicken chickens NOUN

      A chicken is a bird kept on a farm for its eggs and meat.

      chickenpox NOUN

      Chickenpox is an illness that gives you itchy spots.

      chief chiefs NOUN

      A chief is a person in charge of other people.

      child children NOUN

      A child is a young boy or girl.

      childhood NOUN

      A person’s childhood is the time of life when they are a child.

      childish ADJECTIVE

      You call a person childish if they are not acting like an adult is expected to act.

      children PLURAL NOUN

      Children is the plural of child.

      chilly chillier, chilliest ADJECTIVE

      If you feel chilly, you are not quite warm enough to be comfortable.

      chime chimes NOUN

      A chime is the musical sound made by a bell or a clock.

      chimney chimneys NOUN

      A chimney is a pipe which takes smoke from a fire up into the air.

      chimpanzee chimpanzees NOUN

      A chimpanzee is a small ape with dark fur that lives in forests in Africa.

      chin chins NOUN

      Your chin is the part of your face below your mouth.

      chip chips, chipping, chipped

      NOUN 1 A chip is a long thin fried piece of potato.

      See Other foods on page 261

      NOUN 2 A silicon chip is a tiny piece of special material used in computers.

      VERB 3 When you chip something, you break a small piece off it.

      chisel chisels NOUN

      A chisel is a tool with a long thin blade and a sharp end, which is used for cutting wood or stone.

      chocolate chocolates

      NOUN 1 Chocolate is a brown sweet or drink made from cocoa.

      NOUN 2 A chocolate is a sweet covered with a layer of chocolate.

      choice choices

      NOUN 1 A choice is the different things that you can choose from.

      NOUN 2 A choice can also be someone or something that you choose. If you need a captain, Jessica would be a good choice.

      choir choirs NOUN

      A choir is a group of people who sing together.

      choke chokes, choking, choked VERB

      If you choke, you cannot breathe because not enough air can get to your lungs. He choked on a chicken bone.

      choose chooses, choosing, chose, chosen VERB

      To choose something is to decide which thing you want to have or do.

      chop chops, chopping, chopped

      VERB 1 When someone chops something like wood, they cut it with an axe.

      NOUN 2 A chop is a slice of meat on a bone.

      chorus choruses NOUN

      A chorus is a part of a song which is repeated after each verse.

      chose VERB

      Chose is the past tense of choose.

      chosen VERB

      Chosen is the past participle of choose.

      Christian Christians NOUN

      A Christian is someone who follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.

      Christmas Christmases NOUN

      Christmas is a Christian festival held on December 25, when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated.

      chuckle chuckles, chuckling, chuckled VERB

      When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.

      church churches NOUN

      A church is a building where Christians worship.

      cigarette cigarettes NOUN

      A cigarette is a thin roll of paper with tobacco in, which people smoke.

      cinema cinemas NOUN

      A cinema is a place where people watch films.

      circle circles NOUN

      A circle is a perfect round shape.

      circular ADJECTIVE

      See Colours and shapes on page 266

      circuit circuits NOUN

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