Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• once upon a time: A conventional phrase used to begin fairy tales and other stories.
• upon a time: An introductory phrase used to begin a story, typically a fairy tale.
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• going on: To continue doing something
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• simultaneously: At the same time; all together
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• marvelous: Extraordinarily good or great
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• perpetuate: To make something continue for a long time
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• immortality: State of never dying, e.g. because famous
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• gritty: Showing strong determination
• violet: Small fragrant plant with usually purplish flowers
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information