Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• fishing gear: Equipment used for fishing.
• pull in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• dawn on: If something dawns on you, you realize it for the first time.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• black and white
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• at least: As a minimum
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• by means of: Using; with the help of.
• such as: For example; like
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• fish: Animal that swims and lives in water
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• fishing: To go fishing with a net or hook
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• read: Person's name
• sleep: To have enough beds for
• reading: Text you are understanding or reading to others
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• magazine: Part of a gun used for holding bullet
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• baseball: Small ball used in the game of baseball
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• call: A order or request for action
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• unlucky: Unfortunate; having bad things happen by chance
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• battle: Military fight between armies
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• fisherman: Man whose job is catching fish
• literary: Concerning writers or the profession of writing
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• award: To give a prize for doing something well
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• classic: Having a simple, basic design or style
• ward: Person's name
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• distressed: To cause someone anxiety or sadness
• wholly: To the full extent or degree; completely
• ordeal: Event that is difficult to survive, live through
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• marlin: Large long-jawed oceanic sport fish
• shack: Small often wooden building that is not well made
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• initially: At first; originally
• tenacious: Not giving up easily
• motif: A distinctive form, shape or figure in a design
• mako: Powerful mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• illuminate: To supply light to something
• crucifixion: Act of execution by being nailed to a cross
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• devour: To eat quickly and hungrily
• carcass: Dead body of an animal
• compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
• divergence: Moving away; becoming different or separate