BFG: What are words for?
The meaning of draw in this sentence: "Shall I draw the curtains . . ." (page 151)
What is open?
The butler made a piece of furniture for the BFG using a grand piano and a chest of drawers. (page 163)
What is a chair?
"By goggles! THis stuff is making snozzcumbers taste like swatchwallop!" (page 170)
What "Wow. This is making snozzcumbers taste terrible."
The very special thing that the BFG asks of the Queen. (page 181)
What is bring back his collection of dreams?
The meaning of trussed: "But they were all trussed up . . ." (page 199)
What is tied up?
"Curiously enough, the Queen looked petrified, too." The meaning of petrified. (pages 151-152)
What is scared or frightened?
The butler made a piece of furniture for the BFG using a pingpong table on top of grandfather clocks. (page 164)
What is a table?
"Every afternoon all these nine giants is lying on the ground snoozling away in a very deep sleep." (page 177)
What is they take a nap every afternoon?
Sophie's weapon (page 192-193)
What is the queen's brooch?
Explain: "You are not very well educated but you are nobody's fool." (page 203)
What is you didn't go to school but you know a lot?
". . . that famous rather lovely face was filled with disbelief." The meaning of disbelief (page 153)
to not believe
The butler gave this to the BFG to use: a clean garden fork, spade, and a sword. (page 165)
What is a knife, fork and spoon?
"You is having bellypoppers, is you not?"
What is you have helicopters, don't you?
The way that they untied the giants in the pit. (pages 200-201)
What is the Bfg untied them?
One disaster and the solution (pages 206-207)
What is some men fell in the pit? What is put up a sign?