Vocabulary

• charge up: To put electricity into a battery
• have to: Must do
• plow through: To read or deal with something quickly, often when it is boring or difficult.
• by any means: In any way possible, regardless of the method
• to this effect: In words that have this meaning or result.
• over the counter: Denoting a security traded directly between two parties, not on an exchange.
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• take with: To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• power up: To turn on a device or system; to activate.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• aid: To help others and provide things
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• leave: To go away from; depart
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• land: Region or country
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• caution: Quality of being cautious; avoiding risk, danger
• tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• twilight: Period of time just as the sun sets
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• herbal: Being made of small plants used for food, medicine
• plow: Piece of farm equipment used to turn over soil
• ciao: (Italian) hello or goodbye
• daytime: The time of day you can see the sun
• mg: One thousandth (1/1000) of a gram