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Glossary

G - M
N - Z

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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