Vocabulary

• slow down: To reduce the speed
• wash over: If a feeling washes over you, you experience it suddenly and strongly.
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• younger sister: A female sibling born after oneself.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• spill out: To flow or empty out, often in large quantities or in a disorderly manner.
• freshen up: To wash and make oneself look clean and tidy.
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• pull on: To put on a piece of clothing quickly and easily.
• in the making: Developing or being made; in the process of becoming something.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• vibrant: Having a lot of energy and being very active
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• tranquil: Calm; peaceful
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• gaze: Direction you are looking
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• sizzle: A hissing sound of something burning or frying
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• pilgrimage: Journey to a sacred place
• peninsula: Narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• cocktail: Mixed alcoholic drink, containing spirit like gin
• monument: Something built to remember an event or person
• hearty: (Of emotions) warm and sincere
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• illuminate: To supply light to something
• gorge: To eat food greedily and in large quantities.
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• captivate: To catch and hold someone's interest; charm
• mystical: Awe-inspiring or mysterious
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• magnet: Metal object that attracts or repels other metals
• flair: Natural ability to do something well
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• twilight: Period of time just as the sun sets
• carefree: Without cares or responsibilities
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
• relax: To calm or quiet yourself, or stop worrying
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• rocky: (Of a marriage, etc.) involving many difficulties
• town: Small city
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• slow: Lacking activity, busyness or excitement
• night: Time when sun does not shine
• shoreline: Boundary line between land and water
• morning: Early part of the day before 12 p.m
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
• undersea: Beneath the surface of the sea