Vocabulary

• sergeant major: A non-commissioned officer in the army, typically ranking above a staff sergeant and below a warrant officer.
• part with: To give something away; relinquish possession of something.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• choke out: To render someone unconscious by applying pressure to the neck, restricting blood flow to the brain.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• slightly: Only a little
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• grasp: Person's control over something
• possess: To enter a person's mind or body as a spirit
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
• obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• desperation: Feeling all hope is lost and you will do anything
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
• terror: Use of violent acts to make people afraid
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• frigid: (Especially of women) sexually unresponsive
• chimney: Part of a building through which smoke escapes
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• reply: Answer to someone's question
• pluck: Quality of bravery or determination
• chuckle: To laugh quietly, as when amused
• token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
• fireplace: Open area in a wall where a fire can be built
• meddle: To interfere in matters not of your concern
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• morph: (Of computer animation) to gradually change shape
• gust: Sudden strong blast of wind
• allude: To refer to without mentioning it directly
• petrify: To be very afraid or paralysed with terror
• apparition: Ghost or ghostly figure; an unusual appearance
• fireside: Area near a fireplace in a room
• goodnight: (Said as you go to bed, leave someone at night)