Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• going on: To continue doing something
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• on end: Continuously; without stopping.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• hand back: To return something to the person who owns it or gave it to you.
• with time: As time passes; eventually.
• color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
• in black and white: Clearly written or documented, usually in print.
• black and white
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• in sync: Operating or occurring at the same time or rate.
• wrap around: To encircle or surround something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• goes to show: To demonstrate or prove something.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• of ours: Belonging to us; associated with us.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• pigment: Substance that makes things have a certain color
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• stink: To smell terrible
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• melanin: Pigment giving color to skin, hair etc.
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• person: Man, woman or child
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• burp: To expel gas from the stomach noisily
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• blush: To turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• squish: To walk through mud or puddles
• weak: Not having a strong character
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• caterpillar: Insect with many legs that becomes a butterfly
• pointless: Being without a purpose or meaning
• heir: Person to receive power or money when someone dies
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• tentacle: Long thin arm of some animals like an octopus
• plump: Large and round; slightly fat, in a pleasant way
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• eyelid: The skin that covers the eyes when you close them
• newborn: Having just/recently arisen or come into existence
• iris: Round colored part of an eye
• boggle: (Eyes) to protrude or come out due to surprise
• pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
• femur: Bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee