Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• look back: To think about past events
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• go on: To continue doing something
• at least: As a minimum
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• ancient history: The study of the distant past, from the earliest humans through the first great civilizations.
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• in the wind: Something likely to happen or be revealed soon.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• abide by: To follow a rule; adhere to
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• picking out: To choose or select one item from many
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• out of breath: Having difficulty breathing, often after physical exertion.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• deal with
• spinning out: To prolong or extend something, often unnecessarily.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• come over to: To visit someone's house
• in focus: State in which you see something sharp and clearly
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• random pieces: Various items that are not organized or related in any specific way.
• dust off: To remove dust from something by wiping or brushing.
• pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• evolve: To develop certain features
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• narrative: The telling of a story
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• lapse: (Of license, etc.) to stop being valid; expire
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• ever: At any time; at all times in the future
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• important: Having power or authority
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• finite: Having limits; lasting for a limited time
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• point: An item to be discussed
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• avalanche: Large mass of snow falling down a mountain
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• visually: With respect to vision
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• shutter: Part of a camera that opens to allow in light
• buddhism: Religion devoted to the teaching of Buddha