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
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• blast: To attack someone with words
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• 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
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• 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
• deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• maneuver: Military movement of troops
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• alive: Living; not dead
• pickle: A cucumber preserved in brine or vinegar
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• poop: Feces
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
• boil: To become extremely angry or excited
• streamline: To make smooth or more efficient
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• live: To be alive
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• forget: To not remember something
• long: Person's name
• shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
• retract: To take back something said or given
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• miraculously: In a wonderful and extraordinary manner
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• beetle: Insect with a hard, usually black body and 8 legs
• eel: Long thin fish that looks like a snake
• mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
• tamper: To interfere with; change for the worse
• iguana: Large herbivorous lizards with a spiny crest
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• attrition: Reduction in size, numbers, or strength over time
• boa: Snake that kills by winding itself around its prey