Vocabulary

• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• got to: To arrive at some place
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• couple: To join something to something else
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• cotton: Soft, white material used to make cloth
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• curly: Having curls or waves
• cowboy: Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)