Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• make it worse: To aggravate a situation; to make something bad even worse.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• in comfort: In a state of ease and relaxation; without hardship or difficulty.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• slightly: Only a little
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• aid: To help others and provide things
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• worthwhile: Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
• gooey: Soft and sticky
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• journalist: Writer of news reports for newspapers etc.
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• procedure: A medical operation
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• person: Man, woman or child
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• acidic: Containing acid
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
• olive: Person's name
• removal: Act of getting rid of something completely
• fudge: Soft sweet made from butter and milk
• hoover: Vacuum cleaner
• toffee: Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets