1. The Phantom Tollbooth
Chapter 7 Vocabulary

2. enormous
Really BIG!

3. vast
Big

4. Crimson throne

5. irritably
Grumpily
(he is grumpy)

6. Embroidered
Stitched (needle and thread)

7. glum
sad

8. Figurative Language Make mountains out of molehills Splits hairs
Makes hay while the sun shines
Leaves no stone unturned
Hangs by a thread

9. Figurative Language Wait for your just desserts
Don’t bite off more than you can chew
In one ear and out the other
If it isn’t one thing, it’s another
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
Bite my head off

10. Eat your words Figurative language
you will admit that you made a mistake after you had bragged about how right you were and everyone else was wrong

11. Half-baked ideas Crazy, silly ideas Examples: The earth is flat
The moon is made of green cheese
It never rains but it pours
Night air is bad air
Everything happens for the best