Vocabulary

• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
• at least: As a minimum
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• deal with
• have to: Must do
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of tune: Not playing or singing notes at the correct pitch; not in harmony.
• before long: Soon; in a short time.
• face down: To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
• miserable: Very unhappy
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• chill: State of being a little cold
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• tiny: Very, very small
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• dawn: First light of day
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• person: Man, woman or child
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• shiver: Act of shaking from fear or cold
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• egregious: Conspicuously or outrageously bad or contemptible
• chatter: To talk a lot in a casual manner
• howl: To cry or wail loudly
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair