Vocabulary

• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• at least: As a minimum
• go on: To continue doing something
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• next moment: Immediately after; very soon.
• have to: Must do
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• cling to: To hold onto something tightly, often for support or safety.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• of a lifetime: Describes something very special or unique in one's life.
• diet coke: A sugar-free version of Coca-Cola.
• at will: Whenever or wherever you want; without needing permission.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• lazy river: A slow-moving, shallow pool in an amusement park, designed for floating on inner tubes.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• get back at: To take revenge on someone
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• amount: Quantity of something
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• factor: Something that influences a result
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
• spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
• subscription: Regular payment for a service, magazine etc.
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• beetle: Insect with a hard, usually black body and 8 legs
• eel: Long thin fish that looks like a snake
• unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
• snail: Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• iguana: Large herbivorous lizards with a spiny crest
• catfish: Bony, freshwater fish with long barbels
• boa: Snake that kills by winding itself around its prey