Vocabulary

• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• raining cats and dogs: Raining very heavily or a severe downpour.
• storm out: To leave a place angrily and noisily.
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• pull down: To destroy an old building; demolish
• pull the plug: To stop or end an activity or project.
• plug out: To disconnect an electrical device by removing its plug.
• down the drain: Wasted or lost completely.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• spot: A certain place or area
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• silly: Careless
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• tiny: Very, very small
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• blow: To move something using air
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• fill: To make something full
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• scientifically: In an manner that follows the rules of science
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• funnel: to send something directly and intentionally.
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
• cyclone: Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• bathtub: Thing you take a bath in
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• gust: Sudden strong blast of wind
• whirl: To turn rapidly in circles
• swish: To move with a soft brushing or sweeping sound
• forecaster: Informed person making predictions of the future
• boogie: To dance to fast popular music
• whoosh: Sound made when something moves quickly past you
• glug: To make the sound of liquid coming from a bottle
• alrighty: Way of saying 'alright'