Vocabulary

• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• go on: To continue doing something
• coming over: To change sides in a discussion
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• due: When something is required or expected
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• flirt: To behave playfully to arouse romantic interest
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• feline: Belonging to the cat family
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• drawback: A disadvantage or problem
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• perish: Usually poetic to be destroyed; die
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• clan: Group of related families or people
• mole: Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
• secretive: Acting to not let other people know information
• stint: Short period of time
• thingy: Something you cannot remember the name of
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• anthrax: Highly infectious animal disease
• tiger: Large wild cat with orange fur and black lines
• whoo: Sound people make when they are surprised