Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• look up to: To respect or admire someone
• on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• carry out
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• buck: To resist or go against the trend
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• act: To behave in a certain way
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• business: A company formed for making profit
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• enlist: To obtain support from someone
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
• bravery: Quality allowing someone to do courageous things
• lieutenant: Officer in the army, navy, or air force
• flank: Middle area on the side of an animal
• imperfect: Not being perfect or complete; having a mistake
• aye: Yes', when voting, or in certain spoken contexts