Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• at least: As a minimum
• falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• summer: Part of the year when the weather is hot
• snow: Person's name
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• important: Having power or authority
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• part: Division of a book
• winter: Time or season of idleness or decay
• rain: Drops of water that fall out of clouds in the sky
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• camp: A (military) base
• lake: Large area of water surrounded by land
• meter: Unit of length equal to 100 cm or about 39 inches
• staff: Employees of a company
• net: Remaining amount after something is taken away
• web: Skin between ducks' toes that enables them to swim
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• fill: To make something full
• century: Period of 100 years
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• area: Amount of measured space
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• safely: Out of danger
• amount: Quantity of something
• public: Owned by the government
• scenery: Stage props during a play; a country view
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• require: To demand that someone does something
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• monitoring: To observe and keep a record of something
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• considerable: Large in size, amount, or effect
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• indicator: An instrument that shows temperature, speed etc.
• glacier: Very large river of ice moving down a mountain
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• propane: Colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum
• alpine: Concerning mountains or mountain ranges
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• logistical: Concerning planning and organizing a large project
• hose: Tube that carries a liquid
• stove: Device that burns fuel for heating or cooking
• buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
• elevation: Height of a place