Vocabulary

• set off: To start a journey
• lie down: To put your body in a flat position, as to sleep
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• by George: An old-fashioned exclamation to express surprise or emphasis.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• soak up: To absorb; to become filled with (something)
• in style: Fashionable; popular
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in tune: Agreeing in pitch; agreeing in opinion
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• tribute: Something that is said or done to show respect
• soak: To make something completely wet
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• textile: Referring to something made of cloth
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• ferry: Passenger boat on a regular schedule
• mansion: Very large, expensive home
• imaginary: Not real; existing only in your imagination
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• trolley: Cart with wheels, e.g. in a supermarket or airport
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• charm: Quality of making people like you; attractiveness
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• faithful: (Religious) people who believe in a god or gods
• visionary: Thinking about the future in an imaginative way
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• settlement: Official agreement that ends an argument
• burn: To destroy with fire
• collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
• torch: Light or flame to be carried in the hand
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• demolish: To destroy completely (e.g. an idea, a building)
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• reminder: Something that causes one to remember something
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• promenade: Public walkway, especially along a beach
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• craftsmanship: Skill of making things in the manual arts
• ship: Large boat
• teem: To have many active living things moving inside
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• waterfront: Harbor or dockyard of city near the water
• centre: Community place people go health or social reasons
• ornate: Decorated with many fancy objects or patterns
• inferno: Large fire in a building or other place
• ledge: Flat surface that sticks out from a wall of rock
• cannon: Large wheeled gun that fires heavy metal balls
• screech: To make a loud high cry of pain, anger, or fear
• lighthouse: Tower with a light that warns ships about rocks
• fore: (In combination) before; in the front part
• firecracker: Firework making a sharp loud bang
• eddy: Circular movement of water or air