Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• roll on: For time to pass
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• mellow out: To relax and become less stressed or agitated.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• walk over: To treat someone badly, as if they had no rights
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• in the scene: Present at the location where something is happening or has happened.
• in heat: (Of a female mammal) ready to mate.
• in terms of
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• jump out: To suddenly appear or move forward, often to surprise someone.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• live out: To experience something, especially something that you have planned or hoped for.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• black and white
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• to the bones: Extremely; deeply, especially relating to feeling cold or frightened.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• let out: To allow a person, animal to leave the room, house
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• leave: To go away from; depart
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• poisonous: Harmful; unfriendly; unpleasant
• container: An object that can be used to hold things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• central: Being in the middle
• venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
• penis: Male organ for copulation and urination
• venomous: Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
• rattle: To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
• snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
• python: A large snake that crushes its victims
• fang: Sharp, pointed tooth of a wild animal
• rattlesnake: Pit snake with a tail that rattle when shaken
• anaconda: Large snake of tropical South America
• boa: Snake that kills by winding itself around its prey