Vocabulary

• except for: Not including; excluding.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• leave: To go away from; depart
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• part: Division of a book
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• shrunk: To become smaller
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• anymore: No longer; no more
• close: Almost; near
• heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
• worry: Something that causes trouble or concern
• survivor: Person, thing that continues to live or exist
• finish: To use or consume all of something
• small: Little in size; not big
• boss: Person in charge of you at work
• office: Room or building used for business