Glossary

Accelerator - pedal to make car go faster

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

Combination - set of numbers to open a safe or lock

Dealer - someone who buys and sells something (here drugs)

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

Employees – the people working for an employer.

Endangered - (animal) in danger of becoming extinct (e.g dodo)

Fake - false not real

Flea - small insect. Bites humans and animals

Furry - covered in animal fur (e.g cat)

Gas station - place where you can fill a car with gas (US) or petrol (UK)

Highway - motorway (UK) or major road connecting cities

Iguana - south American lizard

Impersonator - someone who pretends to be someone else.

Interview - a meeting with someone to find out something about them.

Kitten - young cat

Litter tray - indoor toilet for cats

Lookout tower - a tall structure or building. At the top you can look out over a large area of land.

Master - boss, person in charge

Muscular dystrophy - a disease where the muscles waste.

Pall-bearer - person who carries a coffin (see above) at funeral.

Plain-clothes – not in uniform.

Park Ranger - patrol the the very large US national parks

Passenger - non driver

Ponytail - hair tied behind head with a 'tail' hanging down

Rocky - full of rocks or stones e.g around mountains.

Rumours - a story which is perhaps not true.

Smuggled - hide something to take it somewhere forbidden.

Stage-manage - to manage or manipulate to create an effect.

Scary - something that scares or frightens you (conversational)

Tense – nervous, uncomfortable. When something bad is expected.

Unconscious - not awake but not asleep

Wound – to injure by force e.g gun or knife