Vocabulary

• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
• to the touch: When tested or sensed by physical contact.
• add up to: To amount to a particular sum or total.
• have to: Must do
• rate as: To consider someone or something to be of a particular quality or standard.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• earth up: To pile soil around plants or stems for support or protection.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• has over: To invite someone to your house.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• slightly: Only a little
• barely: Only just; just possible
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• amount: Quantity of something
• silly: Careless
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• tiny: Very, very small
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• obliterate: To completely destroy; rub out; stamp out
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• dim: Not bright; not being clear
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• fill: To make something full
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• spoiler: Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• dwarf: Person of short stature, due to medical condition
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• lizard: Reptile with scales and a long body and tail
• unit: One apartment in a building
• geometry: Mathematical study of shapes, surfaces, and space
• blob: Object that does not have a regular shape
• spun: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• radioactive: Emitting harmful energy from nuclear activity
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
• fission: Form of nuclear energy where particles combine
• plutonium: Radioactive metallic element