Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• at least: As a minimum
• first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• stand down: To end a state of readiness, e.g. for war
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• take down: To capture physically
• going on: To continue doing something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• fly into: Suddenly become very angry or emotional.
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• drive off: To leave in a vehicle.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• like magic: In a way that is surprisingly easy or sudden.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
• of theirs: Belonging to them; their possession or property.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• claw: Long, sharp, and usually curved nail of an animal
• murky: Being dark, unclear, and difficult to see through
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• point: An item to be discussed
• wreak: To cause something damaging or violent to happen
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• tame: Not wild; trained to obey people
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• qualify: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• hollow: (Of objects) having nothing inside; not solid
• lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• fiasco: An event that goes wrong in an embarrassing way
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• lizard: Reptile with scales and a long body and tail
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• eruption: Act of happening suddenly or begin doing
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• assassin: Person who kills a public figure
• outrun: To run faster than
• dinosaur: Reptile that lived millions of years ago
• boldly: In a bold or brave way, fearing no consequences
• carnivore: Any creature that consumes meat
• preservation: Keeping something in a good, undamaged state
• unreliable: Not able to be trusted or believed
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• enclosure: Area surrounded by a fence
• baffle: To puzzle; to confuse
• barefoot: (Walking) without shoes
• romance: To court someone into a love relationship
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• raptor: Carnivorous bird that hunts other animals