Vocabulary

• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• close in on: To approach someone or something, often in a threatening way.
• beneath the surface: In or under the outer layer of something, often physically below.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• wash over: If a feeling washes over you, you experience it suddenly and strongly.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• in flight: Act of flying
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• in favour of
• let down
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• extreme: Very great in degree
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• intricate: Very detailed or difficult to untangle
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• proximity: State of being near or close to something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• obsessive: Characterized by or constituting an obsession
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• ostensibly: Apparently true or real, but probably not
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• appalling: Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
• inadvertently: Without intention, accidentally
• chronically: In a habitual and long-standing manner
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• leave: To go away from; depart
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• persecution: Act of treating badly due to race, religion etc.
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• disgrace: Shame or dishonor
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• upstairs: On a floor above
• entrench: To make an opinion fixed so it is hard to change