Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• past one another: Moving in such a way as to pass something or someone.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• fit together: To combine or join parts properly or correctly.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• down the middle: In or along the center of something.
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• move about: To go from place to place; travel around.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• slip past: To move quietly past someone or something without being noticed.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• crumple up: To crush something, especially paper or cloth, into a rough or disordered state.
• across from: Being on the other side
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
• close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• hot: Angry or excited
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
• big: Popular
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• end: The point where a process or activity stops
• running: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• darker: Having less light; less light in color
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• north: Direction to your left when facing the rising sun
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• happen: To take place or occur
• call: A order or request for action
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
• cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
• pushing: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• piece: A counter in a board game
• oceanic: Concerning the ocean
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• spot: A certain place or area
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• connected: To associate a thing with something else
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• diagram: A drawing intended to explain how something works
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• volcano: Mountain through which hot liquid earth can erupt
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• polarity: Relation between two opposite attributes
• slam: To criticize sharply
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• geology: Study of the Earth's rocks, soil etc.
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• erosion: Process of wearing away by water, wind, or ice
• arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
• fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• granite: Type of very hard stone used in buildings
• rift: Opening made by splitting; a major disagreement
• convection: When gas/liquid moves up if warm and down if cold
• magma: Hot liquid rock from the Earth's crust
• lava: Very hot liquid rock flowing from a volcano
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• meteorologist: Specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions
• seafloor: Bottom of the sea
• hotspot: A public place where you can access the internet using WiFi.
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• junction: Place where streets, highways, or roads meet
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
• molten: (Of rock, metal) liquid due to being melted