Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rough and tumble: Noisy and uncontrolled physical activity or fighting.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• at least: As a minimum
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• have to: Must do
• got to: To arrive at some place
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• play games: To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• by any means: In any way possible, regardless of the method
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• roll down: To move downwards by turning over and over.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• such as: For example; like
• from a distance: Not close; far away.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• bring together: To cause people to be friendly or to work well with each other.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• cue up: To prepare or line up something to start immediately after another.
• hide out: To conceal oneself, especially to avoid detection or capture.
• couch potato: A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.
• play through: Continue playing despite injury or difficulty.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• leg up: Assistance given to someone by lifting or pushing them up.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• followed up: To check information or facts later
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in cahoots: Secretly working together, often for dishonest purposes.
• in the process of: During the course of; while something is happening or being done.
• to the day: Exactly on the date specified, without any difference.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• step out: To go outside for a short time
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• deal with
• bat around: To discuss something informally; consider different possibilities.
• cross over: To go from one side of something to the other.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• group together: To come together in a group; to assemble.
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• part: Division of a book
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• playful: Being fun or wanting to play
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• picture: General situation or state of being
• sleep: To have enough beds for
• thinking: To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
• cat: Household pet with fur, four legs and long tail.
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• meeting: To provide something that is necessary
• history: Established pattern or record
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• importance: Being important; having a big effect on
• fix: Answer to a problem
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• ballet: Form of theater telling a story in music and dance
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• gaze: Direction you are looking
• closely: In a careful manner
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• solo: Being performed or done alone
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• joyful: Full of or producing happiness and pleasure
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• predatory: Preying on the weak to gain an advantage
• exploration: Act of examining something to learn about it
• imaginative: Able to think of new and interesting ideas
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• empowered: To give someone a power or ability
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• husky: (Of people) strongly built
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• hardwire
• differential: Different, as in treatment; discriminatory
• preschool: Educational institution before primary school
• courtyard: Area open to the sky, but closed in by buildings
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system