Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• leave out: To forget; omit
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• 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 a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• slips into: To quickly put on (a piece of clothing).
• spilling out of: Currently flowing or rushing out from a place, often in large numbers or quantities.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• lie in: To stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• sleeper: Train on which you can sleep
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• leave: To go away from; depart
• writer: Professional who writes books, articles etc.
• factory: Building where things are made
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• fun: Amusing and enjoyable
• lunch: Light meal eaten in the middle of the day
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• student: Person studying at school
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• textbook: A book that is used to study
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• main: Most important; most often used
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• sick: Having a physical or mental illness
• fill: To make something full
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• point: An item to be discussed
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• seriousness: State of being serious
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• replace: To use instead of something else
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• learner: Someone gaining knowledge or skill through study
• crafty: Being cunning to get others to do what you want
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• clueless: Totally uninformed about what is going on
• appreciative: Understanding the value or worth of something
• terrorist: Radical who employs terror as a political weapon
• publisher: Business that produces books or magazines
• precision: Performed in a very careful, detailed manner
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• bacterium: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
• thankful: Feeling or showing you are grateful
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• jargon: Terms and expressions used in a specialist field
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• horrifying: Scary; very shocking
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• excite: To make something or someone become more active
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• incomprehensible: Impossible to understand or comprehend
• equilibrium: A state of balance or harmony
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• misspell: To spell something incorrectly
• perpetuate: To make something continue for a long time
• espionage: Act of spying
• slime: Thick slippery substance, often rather disgusting
• storyteller: Someone who tells stories
• blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
• replication: Act of making more exact copies of itself