Vocabulary

• in honour of: To show respect and admiration for someone or something.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• across from: Being on the other side
• boat ride: A trip on a boat for pleasure.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• look down upon: To regard someone with contempt or disdain; to consider someone inferior.
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• notorious: Being famous or publicly known for something bad
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• fellow: Man or a boy
• tribute: Something that is said or done to show respect
• blend: To combine different elements or substances
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• master: To gain control over something
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• soak: To make something completely wet
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• breath: Air you take in and out of your body
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• surround: To be all the way around something
• shade: Area of darkness when something blocks the light
• deep: Complex and important
• pigeon: Gray bird that is common in cities
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• maze: Network of paths you have to make your way through
• great: Very good; better than before
• studio: Place for painting, broadcasting, etc.
• creativity: Ability to imagine new ideas
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• forest: Large area with many trees
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• favourite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• volcanic: (E.g. of a temperament) easily angered; violent
• nestled: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• swoop: To sweep through the air; to dive suddenly
• sensual: Feeling or giving rise to sexual/physical feeling
• healing: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• emerald: Green-colored gemstone
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• bittersweet: Being both bitter and sweet; sad in a touching way
• waterfront: Harbor or dockyard of city near the water
• basilica: Large Christian church with a curved back wall