Vocabulary

• at school: Present and attending school.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• freak out: To react or behave in a wild or irrational way
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• stay together: To remain in a relationship or partnership.
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• obnoxious: Annoying or rude; offensive
• dude: Form of address for a man
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• misconception: Wrong or misunderstood idea
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• deep: Complex and important
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• cross: Angry and upset
• empirical: Based on observation or experiment
• sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• cucumber: Long green vegetable that is eaten raw in salads
• intolerant: Narrow-minded and will not accept other opinions
• twirl: Turning/spinning quickly, as to show off a dress
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• pet: Animal kept by a person for company and friendship
• tentacle: Long thin arm of some animals like an octopus
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
• snail: Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
• mix: To combine two or more things to make one
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• shocking: To affect someone with an electrical current
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• safe: Highly likely
• lyrical: Like singing; expressed beautifully or movingly
• turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
• cloudy: With many clouds; without exact form or detail
• anemone: Plant with red, blue or white flowers
• funnier: Being more amusing than
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• zoo: Place in a town where wild animals are shown
• clownfish: Small orange white and black fish
• mama: A mother
• marlin: Large long-jawed oceanic sport fish