Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• on the news: Reported or broadcasted as part of a news program.
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• have to: Must do
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• address: Exact street location of a place
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• valuable: Being useful or important
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• guilt: Shame at doing something bad or wrong
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• flea: Small blood-sucking insect that makes you itch
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• alcoholic: Containing alcohol; that can make you drunk
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• anus: Opening in the body from which solid waste passes
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• secretive: Acting to not let other people know information
• defector: One fleeing to a country for political reasons
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
• stepfather: Husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage