Vocabulary

• in places: In some locations but not others
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• got to: To arrive at some place
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in some places: In certain locations or areas, but not all.
• knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
• for instance: As an example.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• snow over: To be completely covered by snow.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• stitch together: To sew pieces of cloth or material to form one piece.
• deal with
• at the earliest: Indicating the soonest possible time something can happen.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• crop up: To suddenly happen, or be talked about
• knock off: To make a copy of something often illegally
• way up here: At a high or elevated location, often emphasizing the distance or effort to reach it.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• fend off: To defend and keep (threats) at distance
• settle down: To become calm and relaxed after not being so
• in honor of: To show respect and admiration for someone or something.
• block out: To cover so something cannot be seen or heard
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• material: Cloth; fabric
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• huge: Very very large
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• relic: Valuable, ancient thing or work of art
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• lineage: People in someone's family who lived in the past
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• chimpanzee: Animal similar to a monkey but without a tail
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• ape: Animal related to monkeys and humans
• brow: Area on a face below the hair and above the eyes
• spear: Long hunting stick with a sharp point
• morphology: Study of the forms and structures of things
• neanderthal: An early form of humans long since extinct
• genus: Category of particular animal or plant species