Vocabulary

• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• drive out: To force someone or something to leave a place or situation.
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• hot: Angry or excited
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• live: To be alive
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• call: A order or request for action
• heating: To make hot or hotter
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• weight: How heavy something is
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• generating: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• converted: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• carbonate: To charge a drink with carbon dioxide
• limestone: Sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium
• hydrochloric: (Chemistry) chem of or relating to hydrochloric acid
• hydroxide: Chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group
• chap: To cause the skin, lips to roughen or crack
• quarry: Large pit in the earth where stone is mined
• lime: White containing calcium used in farming
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• furnace: Container with hot fire for melting metal, etc.
• compress: To press tightly together