Vocabulary

• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
• in secret: Done or kept in a way that is not known or seen by others.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• at sea
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• spot: A certain place or area
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• cruise: To easily achieve
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• leave: To go away from; depart
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• serene: Very calm or peaceful
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• land: Region or country
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
• intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• dodge: To attempt to avoid something
• ponder: To think about something with great care
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• northern: In or toward the north
• smuggle: To illegally bring goods/people into a place
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
• wade: Person's name
• lieu: Function usually occupied or done by another
• lea: Unit of length of thread or yarn