Vocabulary

• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• way up here: At a high or elevated location, often emphasizing the distance or effort to reach it.
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• steady on: An exclamation used to tell someone to be careful or to slow down.
• shake off: To free yourself of something, e.g. fear or a cold
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• penny: Person's name
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• warn: To tell someone about possible danger
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
• small: Little in size; not big
• rewrite: To write again to improve, or correct errors