Vocabulary

• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• dead wood: People or things that are useless or no longer needed.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• going on: To continue doing something
• send up: To make fun of by Imitating
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• cut back: To use less of something
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• grow into: To be able to wear clothes that were too big
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• dead: Not alive
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• cross: Angry and upset
• inch: 1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
• open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road