Vocabulary

• date back: To have existed since a particular time in the past.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• going on: To continue doing something
• add up to: To amount to a particular sum or total.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• came up short: To fail to achieve a desired goal or result; to not have enough of something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• get by with: To manage or cope with something, often with limited resources.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• amount: Quantity of something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• blow: To move something using air
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• leave: To go away from; depart
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• gauge: A tool used to measure things
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• exceptionally: In an extremely and unusually good way
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• ingenious: Very good at making things or solving problems
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
• considerably: Quite a lot; to a large degree
• labyrinth: Something complex and challenging to understand
• orchard: Area containing lots of fruit trees
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• cubic: Measurement of the length, width, and height
• sprinkler: Device used to shower water on plants, bodies
• shotgun: Double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon
• pa: Father