Glossary
Accelerate - go faster
Accelerator - pedal to make car go faster
Altitude - height in the air
Amazement – great surprise, when you not expect something to happen.
Assault – a physical attack on someone.
Anniversary - the day on which something happened in a previous year
At risk - in danger
Blame - accuse someone of doing something bad.
Bridge - where captain stands on a ship
Campsite - place for camping in tents.
Cliff - high, steep side of hill or rock.
Coffin - box for dead person
Compensation - something given to replace something lost.
Complain/complaint - tell somebody something isn't right.
Combination - set of numbers to open a safe or lock.
Congregation - people who come to a church service
Co-worker - (US) Colleague (UK).
Crew - team of workers
Curious - to want to know about something
Dealer - someone who buys and sells something (here drugs)
Deck - floor of ship or other external wooden floor.
Dialled - to put a number into a phone to make a call
Driver's cab - area of lorry (UK) or truck (US) where driver sits.
Economise (UK) Economize (US) - save money
Elevator (US) Lift (UK) Used to travel up and down the floors of a building. In British English this a lift and an elevator is a moving stairs
Employees – the people working for an employer.
Endangered - (animal) in danger of becoming extinct (e.g dodo)
Express - a faster service (e.g post, train or elevator)
Fake - false not real
Flea - small insect. Bites humans and animals
Float - to travel gently upwards or across water
Fog/foggy - low cloud obscures vision, winter weather
Formality - not difficult, make something official
Furry - covered in animal fur (e.g cat)
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