Vocabulary

• buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
• drive away: To leave in a vehicle.
• into perspective: To clarify or provide a broader understanding of a situation or issue.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• huge: Very very large
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• unwind: To reverse something that has been twisted/turned
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• mountain: Very high piece of land, higher than a hill
• barbecue: Grill used for cooking food over an open fire
• ski: Long thin board for the feet for moving on show
• weekend: Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
• saloon: Establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
• snowfall: Precipitation falling in the form of ice crystals
• snowboard: Board like a small surfboard used on the snow