Vocabulary

• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• per year: For each year; annually.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• alive: Living; not dead
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• great: Very good; better than before
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• repeat: Action that is done again
• impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying