Vocabulary

• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• shoot out: A gunfight, especially one involving police and criminals.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• cling to: To hold onto something tightly, often for support or safety.
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• tiny: Very, very small
• remedy: Way to solve or fix a problem
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
• linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• vinegar: Sharp-tasting liquid made from sour wine, malt etc.
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• nuisance: A troublesome or annoying person or thing
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• invincible: That cannot be defeated; unbeatable
• act: To behave in a certain way
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• point: An item to be discussed
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• marvel: Something that causes wonder or astonishment
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
• lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• agile: Quick and skillful in moving; nimble
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• wasp: Black and yellow flying insect that can sting
• gel: Thick substance, similar to jelly
• engulf: To completely surround and enclose
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• translucent: Having the quality of being transparent
• eject: To make a disc or tape come out of a machine
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• call: A order or request for action
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• tingle: Feeling as if small needles are in your skin
• hitch: To ask for and get (a ride in someone's car)
• syringe: Device with a needle to take blood/inject drugs
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• leg: Part of the body from the hips down
• tooth: A sharp points on the edge of a machine or tool
• size: How big or small a thing is
• mane: Long hair around face or neck of lions and horses