Vocabulary

• set on: To attack
• saddle up: To get on a horse; prepare to ride.
• such as: For example; like
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
• drive up: To cause something to increase.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• crystal clear: Extremely clear and easy to understand.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• shift: To change in position or direction
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• solitude: State of preferring to be alone
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• tale: Story that is not true
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• century: Period of 100 years
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• cater: To cook or serve at an event for a fee
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• fairy: Small imaginary being that can do magic
• bliss: Great joy or happiness
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• scenery: Stage props during a play; a country view
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• deep: Complex and important
• weary: To make or become tired or lose energy or strength
• salmon: Light pinkish orange color
• cross: Angry and upset
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• timber: Used to warn people that a tree is about to fall
• nearby: Close to where you are
• downhill: From higher ground to lower ground
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• vacation: Time off work used for relaxation or travel
• local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• dick: Someone who is a detective
• pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
• emerald: Green-colored gemstone
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• creek: Water channel that is smaller than a river
• tower: Tall, narrow building
• playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
• knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
• saddle: Seat of a bicycle, or a seat to put on a horse
• alpine: Concerning mountains or mountain ranges
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• lighthouse: Tower with a light that warns ships about rocks
• shoreline: Boundary line between land and water
• tavern: Establishment that serves alcoholic beverages
• roadside: Edge of a way or road or path
• wetland: Low area where the land is saturated with water
• aspen: Kind of tree
• twain: (Literary) two of something; two people