Vocabulary

• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in key: Singing or playing notes correctly according to the musical key.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at this rate: If things continue as they are now.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• drink to: To raise a glass to honor or celebrate someone or something.
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• check out
• cut back: To use less of something
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• alleviate: To lessen the severity of something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• click: To work well with someone or something
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• noggin: A human head
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• fictional: Including people and events that are not real
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• irrigation: Supplying land with water using pipes
• tattoo: Permanent ink drawing on a person's skin
• dead: Not alive
• feral: Wild; behaving like a wild animal
• wane: To become smaller, weaker or less
• dam: Wall built to stop the flow of water
• triangle: Three people connected with each in a relationship
• multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
• downstream: In the direction of a stream's current
• reuse: To use something again
• mulch: Material spread round plants to stop weeds, etc.
• mead: Alcoholic drink made from honey