Vocabulary

• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• at least: As a minimum
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• off the mark: Inaccurate; not correct.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• have to: Must do
• regardless of
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• grasp: Person's control over something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• seek: To ask someone for help
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• leave: To go away from; depart
• imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• cerebral: Having or concerning ideas rather than emotions
• inmate: Person who lives somewhere, especially in jail
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• physician: A medical doctor
• land: Region or country
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• paramount: More important/significant than all other things
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• marlin: Large long-jawed oceanic sport fish