Vocabulary

• walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• below freezing: At a temperature lower than 0°C or 32°F.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• around town: In the local area or vicinity.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• shift: To change in position or direction
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• require: To demand that someone does something
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• leave: To go away from; depart
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• equator: Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• coal: Dark hard substance from the earth burnt as a fuel
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• avalanche: Large mass of snow falling down a mountain
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• ingenuity: Cleverness and originality
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• inhabit: To live in a certain area or place
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• aerial: Being done, living or seen in the air
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• submerge: To sink or put below the surface
• precursor: Something that comes before another; forerunner
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• archipelago: Group of several small islands
• freezing: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• operational: Being in working condition and ready to be used
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• geology: Study of the Earth's rocks, soil etc.