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Ridiculous: funny, hilarious
Generous: liberal
Consult: seek advice from
Earthlings: here, human beings
Primitive ball: ancient ball
Smacking: to hit
Catalogue: list, category
Lieutenant: deputy, an army rank
Sergeant: officer ranking below a lieutenant
Riffling: shuffling
Crew: team
Incident: happening
Barn: shelter, outhouse
Clue: idea
Peculiar: strange
Galaxies: solar system
Haberdashery: sewing items such as buttons, needles etc
Elementary: easy, basic
Staple food: a routine food
Squint: look with/through narrowed eyes
Gulping; to swallow
Dubiously: with hesitation or doubt
Breathlessly: Not able to breathe easily
Pantomimes: comedy based on nursery story/rhyme. Here, it means comic expression on
face
Insignificant: less important
Surveyor: an official inspector
Trifling: unimportant
Intently: keenly
Twirl: turn round
Observe: notice
Squiggles: a short line that curls and loops in an irregular way
Magnificent: glorious, majestic
Stiffly: non flexible
Gulps: swallow
Simultaneously: at the same time
Decipher: decode
Transcribe: put thoughts into written form
Cockle shells: shell
Levity: care free attitude
Gravely: in a serious manner
Diddle: cheat
Fiddle: fraud, cheat
Cease: stop
Desist: hold back
Civilisations: human development
Domesticated: to tame a pet
Interplanetary: between the planets