Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• have to: Must do
• complete with: Having something as an extra part or feature.
• find out about: To look for information to learn about it
• next to: Being located along side another
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• pile: Large amount of something
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• blow: To move something using air
• expire: To breathe out
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• wicked: Morally bad; evil
• chore: Task done to keep a house in order e.g. cleaning
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• eager: Very excited and interested
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• trust: To expect confidently
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• lord: (Name used to refer to god in some religions)
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• sewer: Underground pipe that removes water and waste
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• live: To be alive
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• sweater: Warm knitted article of clothing worn on the body
• microwave: Cooking appliance using electromagnetic waves
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• mole: Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress