Vocabulary

• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• lift off: To take off vertically, as a rocket or helicopter.
• hang around: To spend time with someone
• up a tree: In a difficult or troublesome situation.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• solar eclipse: An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
• as fate would have it: By destiny or chance, usually unexpectedly.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• out of gas: Having no more gasoline in the tank of a vehicle.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• slightly: Only a little
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stale: (E.g. of bread) not fresh
• proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• fairy: Small imaginary being that can do magic
• replace: To use instead of something else
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• dime: Coin worth 10 US cents
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• reclaim: To get back something that was lost; recover
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• billboard: Large outdoor signboard with an ad on it
• lunatic: Old use, offensive a crazy person
• plane: An airplane
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• tangle: To involve in troubles that are hard to escape
• radioactive: Emitting harmful energy from nuclear activity
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• miraculously: In a wonderful and extraordinary manner
• blindly: Without seeing or looking; without thought or care
• neon: Gaseous element used in electric lamps and signs
• popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
• bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
• honorary: (Of a title) give as a reward, without real duties
• spaceship: Spacecraft designed to travel into space
• vat: A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
• radium: Radioactive element occurring in uranium ore
• almanac: Annual publication of miscellaneous information
• gamma: Third letter of the Greek alphabet