Vocabulary

• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• turn into: To change to become something else
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• deal with
• look back: To think about past events
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• material: Cloth; fabric
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• evolve: To develop certain features
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• pile: Large amount of something
• fraction: Small part of something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• tiny: Very, very small
• require: To demand that someone does something
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• swarm: Large group of flying insects moving together
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• compost: Dead plants, leaves or grass, used as fertilizer
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• bacterium: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• sludge: Very thick type of mud, usually caused by rain
• thin: Flowing with ease; with a high percentage of water
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
• call: A order or request for action
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• entourage: People who travel with and help someone important
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
• polyester: Resin in which polymers are joined by esters