Vocabulary

• at the moment: At this time; now
• going on: To continue doing something
• interact with
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• rush out: To leave a place quickly or suddenly.
• speed up: To move more quickly
• such as: For example; like
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• reckless: Being dangerous and not caring about the results
• scent: To become aware of the presence of a smell, etc.
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• important: Having power or authority
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• reproduce: To make a copy of something
• redirect: To change the direction of something to a new way
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• teem: To have many active living things moving inside
• kimchi: Korean spicy cabbage dish
• sauerkraut: Shredded cabbage fermented in salt water
• yuck: Used to express rejection or strong disgust