Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• push off: To set off, depart, or leave, especially by boat
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• go on: To continue doing something
• take good care: To look after someone or something well; ensure their well-being.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• pile: Large amount of something
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• land: Region or country
• reptile: Animals such as snakes, lizards
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• part: Division of a book
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• hollow: (Of objects) having nothing inside; not solid
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• weigh: To balance things against each other
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• lizard: Reptile with scales and a long body and tail
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
• dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
• dinosaur: Reptile that lived millions of years ago
• shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
• neck: Part of the body joining the head and the body
• beak: Hard pointed parts of a bird's mouth; bill
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
• bony: With the bones showing; skinny
• hippo: Short for 'hippopotamus'
• toothless: Lacking power or influence