Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• at least: As a minimum
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• up a tree: In a difficult or troublesome situation.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
• annoying: To make someone angry
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• grasp: Person's control over something
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• require: To demand that someone does something
• realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• noble: Being admirable and honorable in character
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
• unravel: To work out the meaning of, in a slow careful way
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• own: To have something as your property
• simplicity: Being easy to understand or use
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• commonplace: Being average or ordinary
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• arduous: Requiring a lot of effort; difficult and tiring
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• arithmetic: Math of adding, subtracting, dividing, multiplying
• surely: With certainty; definitely
• difficulty: Something that is hard to do
• endeavour: To attempt or make effort to do something
• granite: Type of very hard stone used in buildings
• elemental: Being basic and important
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information