Vocabulary

• phrase: Common expression or saying
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• flexible: Bending easily
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• excellent: Extremely good
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• central: Being in the middle
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• cross: Angry and upset
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• forest: Large area with many trees
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• long: Person's name
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
• small: Little in size; not big
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• wildcat: Oil/gas well in area not known to be productive