Vocabulary

• food for thought: Something worth thinking seriously about.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• tuned to: To adjust a radio receiver to the frequency of a particular station.
• push on: To continue with some effort; persevere
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• vote in: To elect someone into a position by voting.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• on a mission: Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• go away: To go on vacation
• deal with
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• usher in: To mark the start of something new; to introduce or initiate.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• give back: To return something you borrowed
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• mental: Concerning the mind
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• dozen: 12 people or things
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
• expressive: Clearly or with passion
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• blessing: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• shortly: Quickly; soon; in a moment
• peacock: Bird with colorful long feathers
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• goat: Small animal with beard and horns
• poodle: Type of dog with curly hair, often cut elaborately
• responder: Someone who responds to an emergency call
• township: Administrative division of a county
• aspen: Kind of tree
• snowboard: Board like a small surfboard used on the snow