Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• at sea
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• drown out: To prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise.
• feed on: To eat a particular food.
• in contrast to: Differing from something else
• turn into: To change to become something else
• set upon: To attack on all sides often violently
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• swing by: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• have to: Must do
• check out
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• amount: Quantity of something
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• tiny: Very, very small
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• leave: To go away from; depart
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• notoriously: So as to be well-known for being something bad
• gooey: Soft and sticky
• cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
• devour: To eat quickly and hungrily
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• corpse: A dead body
• bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• swarm: Large group of flying insects moving together
• nibble: To take small bites of something, especially food
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• acquaint: To make someone or yourself familiar with something
• puncture: To make hole letting air out in tire/balloon, etc.
• cube: Solid object that has six square sides
• weirder: More odd or unusual
• incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
• horde: Large group of people, as one that is frightening
• buffet: Meal where eaters select from many various dishes
• locker: Cupboard with a lock to keep your possessions
• unhealthy: Being in poor health; sickly