Vocabulary

• look back: To think about past events
• in every way: In all manners or respects; completely.
• blow through: To spend money quickly and carelessly.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• chance of survival: The possibility of remaining alive, especially during a dangerous event.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• blow: To move something using air
• authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• important: Having power or authority
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• burn: To destroy with fire
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• anymore: No longer; no more
• dynamite: Sticks of explosive triggered by a fuse
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• summertime: Warmest season of the year