Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• build in: To include something as part of a plan, system, or design.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• shut off: To stop the movement of something, such as water
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• valuable: Being useful or important
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• leave: To go away from; depart
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• fully: Completely or entirely
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• shut: To stop being open for business
• vent: To express anger or grievance loudly/with feeling
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• furry: Covered with a dense coat of fine hairs
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• hood: Front part of the car that covers the engine
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
• astronomer: Scientist studying stars and other bodies in space
• hull: Frame or main body of a boat
• giraffe: Tall African animal with very long neck and legs
• twig: Small piece of wood growing from a branch on tree