Vocabulary

• think twice: To consider something carefully before doing it, especially because it could have negative consequences.
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• in shock: When not enough blood flows round the body
• park in: To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
• walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• ingest: To eat, drink, or swallow something
• tale: Story that is not true
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• algae: Green organisms that live in still water
• rinse: To wash off small amounts of dirt, soap suds, etc.
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• cough: To suddenly expel air from the lungs
• bacterium: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• bent: To become curved or no longer straight
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• picture: General situation or state of being
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• veterinarian: One whose job is to care for animals' health; vet
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
• paddle: Long stick with a flat end used to move a boat
• pet: Animal kept by a person for company and friendship
• dead: Not alive
• pond: Pool of water that is smaller than a lake
• puppy: Very young dog (and some other animals)
• husky: (Of people) strongly built