3. a Match the highlighted words/phrases to their meanings.

Matching:

• encouragement - something that gives support or confidence
• concentrate on - to focus your attention on something
• frightening them away - making them feel scared so they leave
• give up - to stop trying to do something
• soon - in a short time
• appear - to start to be seen
• without moving at all - completely still
• huge - extremely large
• understood - knew or guessed what someone meant
• face - the front part of your head from your hair to your chin
• place firmly - to put something in a particular position and make sure it stays there

Explanation: The task requires matching vocabulary words and phrases with their definitions. Each definition provided explains the meaning of the corresponding term.