Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• like no other: Unique; unparalleled; distinctly different from all others.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• well preserved: Maintained in excellent condition; not allowed to decline in quality or appearance.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• ship shape: Neat, clean, and well-organized.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• strike: To hit something
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• tiny: Very, very small
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• leave: To go away from; depart
• harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• century: Period of 100 years
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• part: Division of a book
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• underway: Happening now
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• maiden: Being the earliest or first
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• software: Computer applications and systems
• jigsaw: Cut up picture on card that you fit back together
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• gust: Sudden strong blast of wind
• preview: Showing of a movie before public release
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target