Vocabulary

• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• at bay: Kept at a distance; held back.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
• shrivel up: To become smaller and wrinkled, often due to dryness or heat.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• fruit: Result or product of something
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• foot: Base of something such as a mountain or vase
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• ready: Being likely or about to do something
• game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
• bad: Not good; wrong
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• stop: To block or close something
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• love: Person's name
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• ship: Large boat
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• improved: To make, or become, something better
• kid: Child or young person
• dirty: Not clean
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• area: Amount of measured space
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• periodically: Over time, often with regular spaces between
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• wasp: Black and yellow flying insect that can sting
• zebra: Black-and-white striped African horse-like animal
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• import: To bring goods from one country into another
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• vine: Long thin plant that climbs over something
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
• citrus: Type of plant producing juicy acidic fruits
• ash: Gray powder left after a fire
• Asian: A native or inhabitant of Asia
• firewood: Wood that can be burned as fuel
• carp: To complain a lot
• perch: Edible fish that lives in fresh water
• pun: Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
• pest: Person, often a small child, who bothers people
• crate: Large wooden container for transporting goods
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• automotive: Concerning cars
• cane: To beat someone with a stick as punishment
• nile: A major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, regarded as the longest river in the world.
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally