Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on the case: Actively investigating or working on a particular problem or situation.
• on the double: Very quickly; immediately
• on a roll: Experiencing a period of success or good luck.
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• clear out: To empty things out of a place
• scuba gear: Equipment needed for scuba diving, including a tank, mask, and regulator.
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• on the deck: Situated on the flat surface or floor of a ship or boat.
• way up here: At a high or elevated location, often emphasizing the distance or effort to reach it.
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• hop up: To jump or climb onto something.
• ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• scent: To become aware of the presence of a smell, etc.
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• bare: Lacking contents; empty
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• hop: Dance party
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
• darn: Hole in a piece of cloth that has been repaired
• great: Very good; better than before
• pesky: Causing irritation or annoyance
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• detective: Person who investigates and solves crimes
• bait: Piece of food used to catch or trap an animal
• proverbial: As commonly spoken of; well-known
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• vanish: To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• fishy: Strange; suspicious; probably untrue
• picture: General situation or state of being
• thief: Person who steals something
• tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
• crate: Large wooden container for transporting goods
• happen: To take place or occur
• usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
• scuba: Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
• snare: To trap using a device or clever trick
• smell: To have a particular odor
• posse: Group of people that share something in common
• jerky: Lacking steadiness or smoothness
• search: To examine a person's clothing to find something
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• flounder: To make clumsy or uncontrolled movements
• scrumptious: Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• nick: Person's name
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• asap: Shortened form of 'As soon as possible'
• cod: Type of large fish that is often eaten
• walrus: Arctic sea-animal like seal but with 2 long tusks
• lighthouse: Tower with a light that warns ships about rocks
• wail: To cry or complain about in a loud high voice
• goggle: Protective covering for the eyes