Vocabulary

• like magic: In a way that is surprisingly easy or sudden.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• in colour: Displayed or reproduced using natural or full colours.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• third time lucky: Success after two previous failures.
• come for: To arrive to collect someone or something.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• spot: A certain place or area
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• tidy: With things in their proper place; not messy
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• fill: To make something full
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• sprinkle: To throw a little water on something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
• part: Division of a book
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• scientifically: In an manner that follows the rules of science
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• add: To include as well
• crocodile: Large meat-eating reptile that can swim
• forget: To not remember something
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening