Chapters of "Danny the Champion of the World"

 

1 The Filling-station / 2 The Big Friendly Giant / 3 Cars and Kites and Fire-balloons

Words / Expressions that I don't understant

Workshop: A room or building in which work is carried on.

Scruffy: Untidy.

Bogus: False.

Cogs: A gear tooth that fits into the slot on a wheel with similar teeth, to transfer motion or power.

Whizzer: Something that whizzes.

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Danny is a boy that lives in a poor family, well only with a father, that lives from a gas station/garage. Their house it's a 150 years old caravan.

They agreed that Danny shouldn't go to school until be 9 years old, for learn about motors.

4 My Father’s Deep Dark Secret / 5 The Secret Methods / 6 Mr Victor Hazell

Words / Expressions that I don't understant

Quirks: An odd habit, trait, or example of behavior.

Blanket: A large rectangular piece of soft fabric, used as a bed covering.

Faint: Lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc..

Pheasants: Any of numerous large, usually long-tailed, Old World gallinaceous birds of the family Phasianidae, widely introduced.

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Danny's father went out one night to hunt at Mr Victor Hazell wood without telling nothing to Danny, after that Danny discovers it and his dad reveals him his secret techniques.

Mr. Victor Hazell was a rich man who owns a lot of land around the petrol station, he insulted them. 

7 The Baby Austin / 8 The Pit / 9 Doc Spencer

Words / Expressions that I don't understant

Navy:  Dark blue in color.

Pit: A hole or cavity in the ground.

Plumb: Completely or absolutely.

Mooching: To borrow without intending to return or repay.

Surgery: The practice of treating diseases, injuries, etc., by performing medical operations or procedures, or the branch of medicine dealing with such.

Plank: A long, flat piece of wood, thicker than a board.

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After the treat that they had of arriving home at 10:00, he didn't arrived at ten, so Danny worried and searched him, he founded him in a pit.

His father had one broken ankle, so he called Doc Spencer, his favourite doctor.

10 The Great Shooting Party / 11 The Sleeping Beauty / 12 Thursday and School

Words / Expressions that I don't understant

Flopped: To move, drop, or fall in a heavy, clumsy, or negligent manner.

Brood: A number of young produced at one time.

Shivers: To shake or tremble with cold, fear, etc..

Nudge: To push slightly or gently, esp. with the elbow to get someone's attention.

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Hazell owned all the bird's exclusively for a party, so Danny and his dad organiced a plan to kill  all the birds of the party.

One school day Danny's terrible teacher hits him because of cheating. His father was very angry with Danny's teacher

13 Friday / 14 Into the Wood / 15 The Keeper

Words / Expressions that I don't understant

Barley: A cereal plant of the grass family.

Bound: Secured within a cover, as a book.

Pumps: An apparatus or machine for raising, pushing in or out, or compressing fluids or gases.

Ecstasy: Extreme joyfulness or happiness; rapture.

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The day before the party arrived and they practiced the plan they had made, there was a lot of keepers and Danny was very nervous as it was his first time. After the keepers gone home they only had to made the second part of the plan.

16 The Champion of the World / 17 The Taxi / 18 Home

Words / Expressions that I don't understand

Peered: One who is the equal of another in abilities or social status.

Vicar: A priest or minister in the Anglican or Episcopal churches, or a Roman Catholic churchman representing a bishop.

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Finally the plan of Danny worked and for don´t make suspect possible hidden keepers at home they went back home with a friend's taxi  and they gave the pheasants to a friend to store them.

At home Danny's father wanted to buy an oven a freezer for cook the birds.

19 Rockabye Baby / 20 Goodbye Mr Hazell / 21 Doc Spencer’s Surprise / 22 My Father

Words / Expressions that I don't understand

Hood: A soft or flexible covering for the head and neck.

Squinted: To look with the eyes partly closed.

Flecks: A pot or small patch of color, light, etc..

Hastonishin: WW

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Hezell came with the police and he caught them with the bird's , they agreed livering the birds. At the end Danny want's to start trying with fishing.

Also they buy an oven and prepare it all to invite Doc Spencer to have dinner, (This include buying knives, preparing boxes as seats...).