Vocabulary

• on horseback: Riding a horse or sitting astride a horse.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• settle in: To become comfortable in a new place or situation.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• performance: Act of doing something
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• dawn: First light of day
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
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• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• pragmatic: Dealing with problems reasonably and practically
• ape: Animal related to monkeys and humans
• dam: Wall built to stop the flow of water