Vocabulary

• count on: To depend on someone
• start over: To begin again.
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• century: Period of 100 years
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• rodent: Animal that gnaws/bites, e.g. rat, mouse, rabbit
• host: Mass; a great number
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• qualify: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• picture: General situation or state of being
• tweet: Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
• happen: To take place or occur
• famous: Excellent
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• predatory: Preying on the weak to gain an advantage
• shine: To point a light in a certain direction
• trumpet: Brass wind instrument with a flared bell
• diamond: Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
• wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
• big: Popular
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• mouse: Small animal that has fur and a long tail
• meow: Cry like a cat
• toy: Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
• cat: Household pet with fur, four legs and long tail.
• sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know