Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• going on: To continue doing something
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• at ease
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• by the day: With each passing day; daily.
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• never say die: To encourage persistency and not giving up.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• in terms of
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• informed decisions: Decisions that are based on having a lot of knowledge or information.
• check out
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• atmosphere: Air around us
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• fraction: Small part of something
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• plateau: Flat land that is higher than the land around it
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• huge: Very very large
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• depth: Distance below a surface
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• exacerbate: To increase the severity or bitterness of
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• motto: Short sentence/phrase expressing aims of a group
• consolation: Something that gives you a better feeling when sad
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• tundra: Flat frozen region that has no trees
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• live: To be alive
• happen: To take place or occur
• permafrost: Ground that is permanently frozen
• fascinate: To attract or interest greatly
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• archipelago: Group of several small islands
• woolly: Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
• rainstorm: Storm with rain