Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• top it off: To complete something in a particularly good or impressive way.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• on the safe side: Taking precautions to avoid possible problems.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• tiny: Very, very small
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• act: To behave in a certain way
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• point: An item to be discussed
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• shut: To stop being open for business
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• central: Being in the middle
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• diaphragm: Muscular membrane separating upper/lower organs
• clot: Mass of blood, etc. that has dried up/become thick
• venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• funnel: to send something directly and intentionally.
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• venomous: Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
• overdrive: Extra gear on a vehicle that allows more power
• safari: Tour to watch animals in their natural environment
• wasp: Black and yellow flying insect that can sting
• rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
• scuba: Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• potency: Quality or state of being potent; capability
• jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
• snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
• spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs