Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• black and white
• first words: The initial words spoken by a baby or young child.
• round to: To visit someone's place informally, usually briefly.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• walk over: To treat someone badly, as if they had no rights
• at its peak: At the highest point of achievement, intensity, or development.
• work out
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• have to: Must do
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• going on: To continue doing something
• on to: Toward something; forward
• on the news: Reported or broadcasted as part of a news program.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• decade: Period of 10 years
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• amount: Quantity of something
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• occasional: Not happening often; irregular; rare
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• drawn: To attract attention to someone or something
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• scrap: To fight with someone
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• incremental: Happening or growing bit by bit over time
• mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
• scared: To become frightened
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• area: Amount of measured space
• constitute: To become a group of
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• image: Picture, sculpture or painting of something
• submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
• densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• prominence: State or quality of being important or well known
• anew: Doing something again or in a different way
• spherical: Round and shaped like a ball
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• maize: Corn; a yellow cereal
• shrunk: To become smaller
• rainfall: Water falling from the sky
• accretion: Increase by natural growth or addition