Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• hand down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• in the hand: Physically held or grasped in one's hand.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• go on: To continue doing something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• check out
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• got to: To arrive at some place
• other places: Different locations or areas
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• fabric: Cloth or material
• huge: Very very large
• section: A part of a whole
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• point: An item to be discussed
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• exclamation: Abrupt excited utterance
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• jewelry: Necklace, ring, etc., often made of gold, etc.
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• caterpillar: Insect with many legs that becomes a butterfly
• sloth: Someone not wanting to work because they are lazy
• anymore: No longer; no more
• history: Established pattern or record
• museum: Building to display art/science/history objects
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• leaf: Page in a book
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• diamond: Very hard colorless stone used in jewelry
• afterlife: Life after death
• otter: Aquatic, carnivorous mammal of the weasel family
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• kangaroo: Large Australian animal which hops
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• fisherman: Man whose job is catching fish
• bc: Before Christ; used after dates/years
• grouper: Flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass