Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• check out
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
• sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• close: Almost; near
• long: Person's name
• quarter: 25 cents
• sweet: Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar
• month: One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• talk: Style of speaking
• big: Popular
• call: A order or request for action
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• moon: To expose your buttocks as a joke
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• history: Established pattern or record
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
• amount: Quantity of something
• relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• cultural: Of a particular society's customs and beliefs
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• public: Owned by the government
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• passage: Process of moving through time
• telescope: Tube-shaped device used to see a great distance
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• slightly: Only a little
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• leaping: To enter or start something eagerly
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• galactic: Concerning a galaxy
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• elliptical: Indirect
• interstellar: Being in the space between stars or star systems