3 reluctantly in a way that shows you are unwilling to do something risk the possibility that something bad may happen royal relating to or belonging to a king or queen shade an area that is less warm and darker because the light of the sun cannot reach it signature your name written the way you usually write it, for example on a cheque spade a tool with a long handle and a wide flat part at the end used for digging splendid very good stab to push a knife into someone stalemate the situation when neither side in an argument, battle etc can make progress or win stare to look at someone or something for a long time without moving your eyes sword a weapon with a long sharp blade and a handle swordsman someone who is trained to use a sword tear/tore/torn to pull paper or cloth into pieces, or accidentally make a hole in it tick if a clock or watch ticks, it makes a short sound every second tough physically strong and not easily frightened trap a trick that is intended to catch someone or make them do something that they do not want to do trust to believe that someone is honest and will not lie to you or harm you whisper to say something very quietly to someone, so that other people cannot hear whistle to make a high sound or tune by blowing air out through your lips wicked behaving in a way that is morally very bad; evil wonder to think about something and want to know why it is true, what happened, etc