Vocabulary

• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• step out: To go outside for a short time
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• urge: A strong desire for something
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• beloved: Loved very much
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• public: Owned by the government
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• ferry: Passenger boat on a regular schedule
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• treacherous: Dangerously unstable and unpredictable
• rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
• miraculously: In a wonderful and extraordinary manner
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to