The Billy Goats Gruff

The Billy Goats Gruff

billy goat, grass
context:Three billy goats, each with the same name(Gruff), are on the way up the hillside to eat grass and get fat.

goat
Definition: an animal that has horns on top of its head and long hair under its chin, and can climb steep hills and rocks. Goats live wild in the mountains or are kept as farm animals.(chin:顎,　steep:急勾配の場所)


billy goat
Definition: a male goat - used especialy by or to children (⇔nanny goat)

grass
Definition: a very common plant with thin leaves that covers the ground in fields and gardens and is often eaten by animals

cascading, stream, troll, saucers, poker
context: On the way up was a bridge over a cascading stream they had to cross; and under the bridge lived a great ugly troll, with eyes as big as saucers, and a nose as long as poker.

cascading
Definition: to flow, fall, or hang down in large quantities

stream
Definiton: small river- a natural flow of water that moves across the land and is narrower than a river

troll
Definition: an imaginary creature in stories that looks like an ugly person

saucers
Definition: a small round plate that curves up at the edges that you put a cup on

poker
Definition:
1(uncountable) a card game that people usually play for money
2(countable) a metal stick used to move coal or wood in a fire to make burn better

trip, trap, trotted
context:"Trip, trap! trip, trap!"went the bridge as he trotted across.

trip
Definiton:fall- to hit something with your foot by accident so that you fall or almost fall

trap
Definiton:
2 clever trick- a clever trick that is used to catch someone or to make them do or say samething that did not intend to

3 Bad situation- an unpleasant or difficult situation that is difficult to escape from:

trotted
Definiton:
1 if a horse trots, its moves fairly quickly with each front leg moving at the same time as the opposaite back leg

2 if a person or animal trots, they run fairly slowly, taking short regular stes

roared
context:"Who's thattripping over my bridge?" roared the troll.
Definition:
1 to make a deep, very lud noise

2 to shout something in a deep powerful voice

gobble
context:"Now, I'm coming to gooble you up," said the troll.
Definition: to eat something very quckly, especialy in an impolite or GREEDY way

greedy: always wanting more food, money, power, possessions etc than you need

poke

context: And I'll poke your eyeballs out at your ears

Definition:WITH A FINGER/STICK ETC to quickly push your finger or some other pointed object into something or someone

curling-stones

context:I've got besides two curling-stones

curling: a sport played on ice, in which players slide flat heavy stones towards marked place

ravine

context: And then he flew at the troll, and poked his eyes out with his horns, and crushed him to bits, body and bones, and tossed him out into the ravine and after that he went up to the hillside.
Definition: a deep narrow valley with steep sides

narrow: a narrow area of water between two pieces of land which connects two pieces of land which connects two larger areas of water

valley: an area of lower land between two lines of hills or mountains, usually with a river flowing through it

steep: a road, hill etc that is steep slopes at a high angle

snip, snap snout

context: Snip snap snout

snip

Definition: to cut something by making quick cuts with scissors

snap

Definition: to break with a sudden sharp noise, or to make something breake with a sudden sharp noise

snout

Definition: the long nose of some kinds of animals, such as pigs

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I took about four hours. I used tool 英辞郎and LONGMAN Dictionary .

I cannot understand the meaning of “TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP! TRIP, TRAP!” .

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