Vocabulary

• out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
• from cover to cover: Reading a book completely, from the first page to the last.
• skim through: To read something quickly, paying little attention to detail.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• use up: To use all of; consume
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• hold water: To be logical, consistent, or sound; to stand up to scrutiny.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• tone down: To make something less forceful, intense, or extreme.
• flip through: To look quickly through a book or magazine.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• blast: To attack someone with words
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• tiny: Very, very small
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• logical: Sensible; reasonable
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• splendid: Very impressive and beautiful
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• skim: To remove fat, etc. from the top of a liquid
• photosynthesis: Process of plants using the sun to make their food
• proton: Tiny part of atom with positive electrical charge
• bedtime: Time you go to bed
• narration: Act of telling a story and describing the events