Vocabulary

• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
• hide behind: To avoid responsibility or truth by using something as an excuse.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• fade away: To disappear slowly
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• 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
• treaty: An agreement between nations
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• come: To arrive at a place
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• kid: Child or young person
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• survivor: Person, thing that continues to live or exist
• lake: Large area of water surrounded by land
• max: Person's name