Vocabulary

• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• no questions asked: Without asking for explanations or reasons.
• in order that: With the purpose or intention that.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• between ourselves: Said when sharing something confidentially or privately.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• at ease
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• pick on: To tease or bully someone
• going on: To continue doing something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• have to: Must do
• in the here and now: Focusing on the present moment or current situation.
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• barely: Only just; just possible
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• nausea: Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• spontaneously: In a sudden, unplanned way
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• confession: Admission you have done something wrong
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• permanently: For a long time; always
• option: A choice
• sarcasm: Harsh or cutting remark
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• sincere: Meaning what you say truthfully; honest
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• paranoia: Disorder in which you fear people want to harm you
• nauseous: Feeling like you want to vomit
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• nickname: Name given by friends or family