Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• drive out: To force someone or something to leave a place or situation.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• got the idea: Understood something.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• on the door: Situated on the surface or part of a door.
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• exotic: Being very different or unusual
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• require: To demand that someone does something
• huge: Very very large
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• leave: To go away from; depart
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• reindeer: Large type of deer, associated with Christmas
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• nowadays: At the present time; now
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• village: Small town in the country
• site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
• cottage: Small house in the country
• inform: To give information or facts about something
• onwards: Moving toward a future (often better) time/place
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• reconstruction: Process of rebuilding or improving structures