Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• keep from: To prevent someone from doing something
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• set up
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• up the walls: Extremely irritated or anxious.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• lead to: To result in some action
• have to: Must do
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• blow: To move something using air
• contradict: To say the opposite is so; say something different
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• soak: To make something completely wet
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
• attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• translate: To change something into a different state
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• pirate: To copy or sell a product illegally
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• famous: Excellent
• corny: Silly or sentimental, e.g. because old-fashioned
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• curly: Having curls or waves
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• inferno: Large fire in a building or other place
• scavenger: An animal that feeds on trash, etc.
• retrospective: Relating to or thinking about the past
• trespassing: To enter property without permission
• restroom: Toilet; bathroom
• armada: Fleet of warships
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father
• housekeeper: Person employed to maintain a home for another
• ye: Old word for 'you' in the plural