Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• wind down: To become quiet or calm, after activity
• on the lookout: Vigilantly searching for someone or something.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• long for: To have a strong desire or yearning for something.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• at ease
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• start up: A newly established business.
• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• have to: Must do
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• in good time: By the required time; with time to spare
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• feel sorry for: To experience sympathy or pity for someone.
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• slightly: Only a little
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• dread: To await with great fear
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• vigilant: Being watchful; careful to monitor events
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prospect: Opportunity or chance for success
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• vicinity: Surrounding or nearby region; proximity
• contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• fellow: Man or a boy
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• outright: In a complete manner; totally
• appalling: Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
• cocktail: Mixed alcoholic drink, containing spirit like gin
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mount: To attach something to something else
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• lookout: Person who keeps watch, e.g. for an enemy
• sinful: (Acts that) break a religious law
• solidity: State of having the interior filled with matter