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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