Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in length: Relating to the measurement of something from end to end.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in the shadow of: Close to and influenced or dominated by something else.
• below the surface: Hidden emotions or issues not immediately visible.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• cut through: To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• over the head: Too difficult for someone to understand or grasp.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• take down: To capture physically
• at the helm: In a position of control or leadership.
• beneath the surface: In or under the outer layer of something, often physically below.
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• pretty much anything: Almost everything; nearly all things.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• facing off: To oppose one another (often in sports)
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• check out
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• evolve: To develop certain features
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• huge: Very very large
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• steep: Very expensive
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• depth: Distance below a surface
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• expedition: Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• deep: Complex and important
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• elongate: To make something longer; to extend something
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• gill: Part of a fish's body it uses to breathe
• battleground: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• grouper: Flesh of a saltwater fish similar to sea bass