Vocabulary

• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• in due time: At the appropriate time; eventually.
• fly by: To pass quickly
• pendulum swings: The movement of a pendulum from one extreme to the other.
• count down: To say numbers in order from say 10 to 1
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• back then: At that time in the past.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• valuable: Being useful or important
• due: When something is required or expected
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• act: To behave in a certain way
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• trust: To expect confidently
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• part: Division of a book
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• pendulum: Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
• anymore: No longer; no more
• unreal: Seeming strange or imaginary