Vocabulary

• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• help out: To assist someone
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• snoop around: To secretly try to find out information by looking around a place.
• keep your eyes peeled: Be watchful and alert for something specific.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• tiny: Very, very small
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• mustard: Spicy yellow or brown condiment used to add flavor
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• invention: Something new that is different from other things
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• investigation: Search for information about something
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• itchy: Nervous and unable to relax
• part: Division of a book
• evil: Act considered morally bad
• weapon: An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
• burrito: Flour tortilla folded around a filling
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• zap: To change channels quickly on TV
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• peep: To look at secretly or when you shouldn't
• hurry: To move, act, get somewhere, do something quickly
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• snoop: To spy on someone or something in a devious manner
• camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
• holler: To shout very loudly; yell
• ethically: As regards moral principles and rules of behavior
• plutonium: Radioactive metallic element
• sandy: Person's name
• chum: A friend; pal
• dong: Basic unit of money in Vietnam