Vocabulary

• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
• spot: A certain place or area
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• blow: To move something using air
• agriculture: The science of farming
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
• backdrop: Contextual meaning or background
• great: Very good; better than before
• outline: Line around the outer edge of something
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• ceramic: Made from clay and hardened in a very hot oven
• area: Amount of measured space
• hall: Area just inside the entrance of a building
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• trek: Slow or difficult journey
• chilly: Slightly cold
• guest: Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• ski: Long thin board for the feet for moving on show
• lake: Large area of water surrounded by land
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• sunrise: The time of day we first see the sun
• shoreline: Boundary line between land and water
• nicely: In a pleasing way; in a polite way