Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• going on: To continue doing something
• breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• like the wind: Moving very fast, quickly like the wind blows.
• have to: Must do
• fill up
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• tiny: Very, very small
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• pathetic: Causing feelings of sadness, pity and sympathy
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• marvelous: Extraordinarily good or great
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• fill: To make something full
• display: (Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
• charm: Quality of making people like you; attractiveness
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• bouquet: Bunch or collection of flowers
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• live: To be alive
• happen: To take place or occur
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• patty: Small pie or pasty
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• den: Home of some types of wild animals
• crib: Young child's bed with barred side; cot
• snail: Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
• mute: Not willing or being unable to speak
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• noxious: (Of substance) poisonous/harmful to living things
• chum: A friend; pal
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt