Vocabulary

• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• take it easy
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• of sorts: Of a kind, but not a very good one.
• blow through: To spend money quickly and carelessly.
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• pull yourself together: To calm down and regain control of your emotions
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• favor: Support or approval from people
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• exterior: Outside layer or surface
• con: To trick or deceive someone
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• hay: Dry grass used as food for animals
• colonel: Person with senior rank in an army or air force
• solo: Being performed or done alone
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
• se: South-east
• son: Male child; friendly way of addressing a boy
• sexy: Tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
• abracadabra: A word said when someone performs a magic trick
• fuego: A volcano in south central Guatemala
• en: Half the width of an em
• la: The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
• bien: (French) good
• uno: One in Spanish
• al: AL is an acronym
• yo: YO is an acronym
• ahoy: Used to say 'hello' to people on other boats
• hank: A coil of rope or wool or yarn
• momento: Something that reminds you of a past time
• para: Shortened form of paragraph
• henry: A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
• ti: Light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite; shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thi