Vocabulary

• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• wait up: To wait for a while, e.g. for someone to join you
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• leaving no stone unturned: Trying every possible method or effort to accomplish something.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• pest control: The regulation or management of species defined as a pest.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• revelation: Act of making something known or seen
• leave: To go away from; depart
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• reptile: Animals such as snakes, lizards
• person: Man, woman or child
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• shred: To tear or rip up something to small pieces
• suburb: Residential area on the outskirts of a city
• evil: Act considered morally bad
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• crocodile: Large meat-eating reptile that can swim
• avian: Of or typical of birds
• clothing: Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
• camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
• shocking: To affect someone with an electrical current
• nah: Way of saying 'No'
• banger: Old car