Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• sheer size: The impressive or intimidating magnitude of something.
• choke on: To be unable to breathe properly because something is stuck in your throat or airway.
• feed on: To eat a particular food.
• point at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• pull on: To put on a piece of clothing quickly and easily.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• blue: Color of the clear sky
• animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• big: Popular
• mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
• small: Little in size; not big
• eat: To put food in your mouth
• mouthful: Something difficult to pronounce
• basketball: Team game played to throw the ball through a hoop
• swimming: To move through water by moving parts of the body
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
• bread: Money or earnings
• great: Very good; better than before
• size: How big or small a thing is
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• elephant: Large gray animal with a long nose and two tusks
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• larger: Bigger
• specialized: To focus on one area of a field or profession
• heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• call: A order or request for action
• finger: One of the five long parts of the hand
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• weight: How heavy something is
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• tiny: Very, very small
• feeder: Device that supplies food to animals
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• marvel: Something that causes wonder or astonishment
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• enable: To make it possible to do something
• considerably: Quite a lot; to a large degree
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• loaf: Large piece of bread baked as a whole
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• highly: In a manner that shows approval
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• evolve: To develop certain features
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• krill: Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
• lunge: To thrust or reach forward with a sudden motion
• gulp: To swallow or drink quickly
• esophagus: The passage between the pharynx and the stomach
• nirvana: Extinction of desires when you reach perfect peace
• stout: A dark bitter beer
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• nutritious: Providing nourishment; good to include in the diet
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach