Vocabulary

• could eat a horse: Very hungry; having a strong appetite.
• tic tacs: A brand of small, hard, mint-flavored candies.
• set off: To start a journey
• see into: To investigate or examine closely.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• extreme: Very great in degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• military: Army or armed forces
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• respect: To follow the established rules
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• stink: To smell terrible
• toddler: Young child learning to walk
• tale: Story that is not true
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• century: Period of 100 years
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• wrinkle: Small folds in the skin, e.g. as a sign of age
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• point: An item to be discussed
• fill: To make something full
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• tuberculosis: Disease affecting especially the lungs
• captivate: To catch and hold someone's interest; charm
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• examination: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• autopsy: Examination of dead body to find cause of death
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• enigma: Person or thing that is hard to understand
• circus: Shows with clowns animals etc. performed in a tent
• devouring: To eat quickly and hungrily
• pus: Yellow fluid produced from inflamed wound, etc.
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• tic: Involuntary twitching especially in the face
• morgue: Place to store dead bodies before they are buried
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock
• overactive: More active than normal, other people
• lunchtime: The time you eat your midday meal