Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• have to: Must do
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
• leave: To go away from; depart
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• defense: Argument in support of something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• dismantle: To take something apart in an organized way
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• weapon: An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
• fix: Answer to a problem
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• con: To trick or deceive someone
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• devil: A spirit said to be evil
• syndicate: Group of people or businesses that work together
• checkmate: When you lose at chess if your king cannot escape
• teamwork: Cooperative work done by a team
• showtime: The time a performance begins