Vocabulary

• hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• pump out: To remove liquid from somewhere using a pump.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• hold water: To be logical, consistent, or sound; to stand up to scrutiny.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• regardless of
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• check out
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• atmosphere: Air around us
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• huge: Very very large
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• buoyant: Capable of floating in a liquid
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• disperse: To separate and spread out in different directions
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• condensation: Act of shortening something
• jumbo: Something that is very large
• afar: From far away
• grapefruit: Large sour yellowish fruit with sour juice
• wisp: Thin light bit of something, e.g. a cloud or hair