Vocabulary

• next to: Being located along side another
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• silly: Careless
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• convention: Official agreement between two or more countries
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• sentimental: Displaying emotions too easily or strongly
• parachute: To drop supplies from a plane via parachute
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• autobiography: Book written by a person about his or her own life
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• surround: To be all the way around something
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• cumbersome: Being slow, heavy or difficult to move
• scientist: Person who is trained in a science
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• thesis: Long paper presenting original research and ideas
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• incidentally: As part of something else; as it happens
• ransom: Money demanded for the release of a prisoner
• terribly: To an extreme degree; badly; very
• undercover: Operating in disguise; incognito
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• platypus: Small Australian aquatic animal with a broad tail
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• dragon: Imaginary creatures that breathe fire
• ejection: Making a disk, etc. come out of a machine
• expo: Large often worldwide exhibition
• gee: Give a command to a horse to turn to right
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt