Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• continental drift: The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• feed on: To eat a particular food.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• have on: To be wearing something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• fit together: To combine or join parts properly or correctly.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• look through: To examine carefully to see what is there
• at least: As a minimum
• go away: To go on vacation
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• down under: A colloquial term for Australia and New Zealand.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• going on: To continue doing something
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• cold: Illness of sneezing, coughing, and a sore throat
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• green: Color of young leaves
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• animal: A living creature that is not a plant or person
• live: To be alive
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
• north: Direction to your left when facing the rising sun
• map: Diagram showing the geography of an area
• area: Amount of measured space
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
• happen: To take place or occur
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• blooded: To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• atmosphere: Air around us
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• land: Region or country
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• huge: Very very large
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• scientist: Person who is trained in a science
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• data: Facts or information used to calculate or analyze
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• evolve: To develop certain features
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• compile: To put programming data into a computer
• coral: Color that is a combination of pink and orange
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• algae: Green organisms that live in still water
• el: An elevated railway, especially in Chicago.
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• marsupial: Mammal where females carry their young in a pouch
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• Arctic: The regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
• permafrost: Ground that is permanently frozen
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
• iguana: Large herbivorous lizards with a spiny crest
• equator: Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
• possum: Small furry Australian animal that lives in trees
• adrift: Floating without direction; not anchored
• adhere: To support a cause, political party, religion