Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• first shot: The first attempt at doing something.
• seal up: To close something tightly so that air, water, etc. cannot get in or out.
• do without: To manage without having or doing something
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• keep at: To continuously try to do something
• go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
• this day and age: The present period or modern times.
• in this day and age: In the present time; nowadays.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• retention: Act of holding something inside the body
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• leave: To go away from; depart
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• important: Having power or authority
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• tundra: Flat frozen region that has no trees
• preservation: Keeping something in a good, undamaged state
• nomadic: Living by moving from place to place
• proponent: Person who supports or argues for something
• sew: To make something using a needle and thread
• rifle: Group of soldiers armed with rifles
• misunderstand: To fail to get the meaning correctly
• caribou: North American reindeer
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother