Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• tiny: Very, very small
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• novelty: Items that are unusual, interesting, or unique
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• hassle: Unpleasant task or chore harder than it should be
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• disposable: Being available to be used or spent
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• depth: Distance below a surface
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• ironic: Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• century: Period of 100 years
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• poop: Feces
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• deep: Complex and important
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• overboard: Going over the side of a boat or ship into the sea
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• tangle: To involve in troubles that are hard to escape
• fork: To divide or separate into two branches
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• ship: Large boat
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• ashore: Onto the land from the water
• alarming: Making you feel worried or frightened
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• puny: Small and weak; unlikely to flourish
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• confetti: Small pieces of colored paper thrown at a wedding
• jug: Large container, usually for pouring liquids