Vocabulary

• in check: Under control; restrained.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• up the river: Sent to prison or in serious trouble.
• have to: Must do
• running circles around: To easily outperform or outsmart someone.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• barely: Only just; just possible
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• companion: Someone who keeps you company, goes out with you
• steer: A cow
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
• dawn: First light of day
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
• domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
• departure: Act of leaving a place, to start a journey
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• formidable: Powerful; causing fear and deserving respect
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• act: To behave in a certain way
• portable: Light enough to be moved around with ease
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• fill: To make something full
• rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• attentive: Thoughtful and considerate
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• stray: To deviate or go away from the established norm
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• commotion: Sudden noisy excitement
• shepherd: Person's name
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• wagon: Four wheel vehicle used to transport things
• forget: To not remember something
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• nestle: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
• horde: Large group of people, as one that is frightening
• woolly: Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
• grandson: Your son or daughter's son