Vocabulary

• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• have to: Must do
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• log into: To enter credentials to access a computer system or website.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• by and large: Generally; on the whole; mostly.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• spill over: To flow over the edge of a container.
• going on: To continue doing something
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• count up: To add numbers together to find a total; to increase gradually.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• out of proportion: Exaggerated or inappropriate in scale or degree.
• balance out: To make or become more equal to another thing
• in places: In some locations but not others
• wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
• temperate zone: The part of the Earth between the tropics and the polar regions, which has a moderate climate.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in terms of
• below ground: Underneath the surface of the earth.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• in green: Located in or surrounded by green plants or fields.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• suck in: To inhale or draw something into the mouth or lungs.
• falls over: To fall on the ground from a standing position
• move down: To physically shift to a lower position or location.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in rows: Arranged in multiple lines.
• in competition: Taking part in a contest or rivalry.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• atmosphere: Air around us
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• blow: To move something using air
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• couple: To join something to something else
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• century: Period of 100 years
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• canopy: Structure that hangs over something to shelter it
• dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• pine: Tall pointed evergreen tree with needlelike leaves
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• chestnut: Type of often edible brown nut
• northeastern: Area in both the north and east