Vocabulary

• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• end up here: To arrive somewhere unexpectedly or without intending to.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• conveyor: Person who conveys (carries or transmits)
• luggage: Suitcases and bags
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• subterranean: Living or situated below the surface of the earth
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• apocalyptic: Involving great disaster or destruction
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• shuttle: Vehicle carrying passengers between two places
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
• annually: Every year; once a year
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• spat: A small fight or disagreement
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• computerize: To switch to a system that is run by computers