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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