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The race to save the tortoise | 60 Minutes Archive

Original YouTube Video | 60minutes Published on 2024-04-22 Level：89 Speed：46 maxwordlevel：3

#endangeredspecies #EnglishListening #wildlifeconservation #WildlifeProtection

Video vocabulary

blood

US / blʌd /

•

UK / blʌd /

adjecitve
Related by birth; family
noun
Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
verb
To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club

group

US / ɡru:p /

•

UK / ɡrup /

noun
Two or more musicians who play music together
Number of people or things gathered together
verb
To combine or collect objects or people together

hundred

US / 'hʌndrəd /

•

UK / ˈhʌndrɪd /

number
100

lizard

US / ˈlɪzəd /

•

UK / ˈlɪzərd /

noun
Reptile with scales and a long body and tail

protect

US / prə'tekt /

•

UK / prəˈtɛkt /

verb
To defend someone or something from harm or danger

spider

US / ˈspaɪdə(r) /

•

UK / ˈspaɪdɚ /

noun
Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs

young

US / jʌŋ /

•

UK / jʌŋ /

adjecitve
At an early stage of existence; not mature
Being recently created or started
noun
Babies in a group or family of animals

world

US / wɜ:ld /

•

UK / wɜrld /

noun
All the humans, events, activities on the earth
Political division due to some kind of similarity

clientele

US / ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkli:ɑ:n- /

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UK / ˌklaɪənˈtɛl, ˌkliɑn- /

noun
Customers or clients

his

US / hɪz /

•

UK / hɪz /

pronoun
Something belonging to a male person

percent

US / pə'sent /

•

UK / pɚˈsɛnt /

adverb
One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %

pamper

US / ˈpæmpə(r) /

•

UK / ˈpæmpɚ /

verb
To treat very well by ensuring total comfort

rewind

US / ˌri:ˈwaɪnd /

•

UK / riˈwaɪnd /

verb
To make something go backwards

rebound

US / rɪ'baʊnd /

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UK / ˈriˈbaʊnd, rɪ- /

noun
Bouncing off something, then going back into play
Recovery after defeat/bad time back to good state
verb
To bounce off of a surface
To recover or increase after decreasing

southern

US / ˈsʌðən /

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UK / ˈsʌðərn /

adjecitve
Concerning a region in the south
Being in or toward the south

trek

US / trek /

•

UK / trɛk /

noun
Slow or difficult journey
verb
To make your way slowly and painfully
To go on a difficult (often walking) journey

with

US / wɪð /

•

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

preposition
As an employee of a certain company
Against something or someone
By using something as a means
Due to; because of
Including
Possessing as a feature
Related to
(Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
Used to express that people or things are together

bronx

US / brɔŋks /

•

UK / brɑŋks /

other
A borough of New York City

blaze

US / bleɪz /

•

UK / blez /

noun
Bright light, as from a burning fire
a sudden show of very strong feeling
verb
(Of a fire) to burn brightly
(Of the sun, etc.) to shine brightly
to make news or information widely known by telling people about it in a way they are sure to notice

before

US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /

•

UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /

adverb
At a time earlier than the present; previously
conjunction
In advance of something happening
preposition
In front of someone or something

almost

US / 'ɔ:lməʊst /

•

UK / ˈɔlˌmost, ɔlˈmost /

adverb
Only a little less than, nearly, not quite

century

US / 'sentʃərɪ /

•

UK / ˈsɛntʃəri /

noun
Period of 100 years

careful

US / ˈkeəfl /

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UK / ˈkerfl /

adjecitve
Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly

coast

US / kəʊst /

•

UK / kost /

noun
Land near the sea or ocean
verb
To progress in something without trying hard
(Of a vehicle) to move forward without power

have

US / həv /

•

UK / hæv /

verb
To drink, smoke, eat or use something
To experience the effects of something
To organize an event, or join in an activity
To own, possess, or hold something
To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

island

US / ˈaɪlənd /

•

UK / ˈaɪlənd /

noun
Area of land that is surrounded by water

last

US / lɑ:st /

•

UK / læst /

adjecitve
Most recent; the latest
The one before
adverb
Final; with nothing following; after all others
Most recent; the latest
determiner
The one at the end
verb
To remain or continue for a certain period of time

scar

US / skɑ:(r) /

•

UK / skɑr /

noun
Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
A mark on something made by scratching it
verb
To cause long lasting emotional pain
To leave a mark on something by scratching it

six

US / sɪks /

•

UK / sɪks /

number
6

sixty

US / 'sɪkstɪ /

•

UK / ˈsɪksti /

number
60

steady

US / 'stedɪ /

•

UK / ˈstɛdi /

adjecitve
Happening or developing at a regular rate
Continuing without stopping or changing over time
Firmly fixed or supported; not likely to fall over
noun
Your boyfriend or girlfriend
verb
To make constant, unchanging or staying the same
To hold something/someone so they stop moving

swamp

US / swɒmp /

•

UK / swɑmp, swɔmp /

noun
Area of land that is wet or covered with water
verb
To cover or fill something with water
To be so much or so many that people cannot cope

break

US / breɪk /

•

UK / brek /

noun
Time you stop an activity before continuing
End of a relationship
An escape from a place such as a jail
(Lucky) advantage or benefit from something
Find a solution or answer to a problem or crime
Change in the weather
verb
To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
To form a crack in something
To burst or become damaged
To end a relationship
To escape from a place such as a jail
To train a wild animal e.g. a horse
To separate into pieces by force, or by dropping
To act against a law, rule, or promise
To become known suddenly, as in the news
To not do what you promised e.g. not keep promises
To solve a crime, or answer a problem
To stop functioning properly
To suddenly start, open or commence
To change in pitch suddenly, as in a voice
To fall on the shore, as in waves
To begin or change suddenly; the dawn or weather
To defeat by causing the person to lose their will

eleven

US / ɪˈlevn /

•

UK / ɪˈlɛvən /

number
11

draw

US / drɔ: /

•

UK / drɔ /

noun
Something that attracts people to visit a place
A lottery or prize
Result of a game, contest where the score is equal
verb
To attract attention to someone or something
To get closer to or approach something or someone
To influence a person's involvement in something
To move an object by pulling
To create an image using pen or pencil and paper
To take one thing out of a container, etc.
(Of 2 teams) to finish a game with the same score

reptile

US / ˈreptaɪl /

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UK / ˈrɛptɪl, -ˌtaɪl /

noun
Animals such as snakes, lizards

sun

US / sʌn /

•

UK / sʌn /

noun
Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
Hot shining star the Earth moves around
verb
To lie in the sunshine and enjoy its warmth

unlikely

US / ʌnˈlaɪkli /

•

UK / ʌnˈlaɪkli /

adjecitve
Not seeming suitable for a particular purpose
adverb
Not likely to happen; not likely to be the truth

behind

US / bɪˈhaɪnd /

•

UK / bɪˈhaɪnd /

adjecitve
Concerning a later or slower time than expected
Being in a losing position in a sporting event
Being in the past; old fashioned
adverb
Remaining
noun
The part of the body that one sits on
preposition
At or toward the back of someone or something
Supporting or helping someone

foot

US / fʊt /

•

UK / fʊt /

noun
Base of something such as a mountain or vase
Length of 12 inches or about 25 cm
Lowest part of the leg we use to stand on

could

US / kəd /

•

UK / kʊd /

other
Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

gold

US / gəʊld /

•

UK / goʊld /

noun
Soft yellow metal that is very valuable
Person's name
adjecitve
Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets

hole

US / həʊl /

•

UK / hol /

noun
An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
Fault or weakness in a plan, idea or explanation
Opening into or through something
An awkward or difficult situation
Dirty or unpleasant place with poor facilities
verb
(Golf) to get the ball into the hole

eric

US / ˈerɪk /

•

UK / /

know

US / nəʊ /

•

UK / noʊ /

verb
To be familiar with a person or place, thing
To feel sure or be convinced about something
To discover or be aware of something
To be able to distinguish
To have knowledge of things

lewis

US / 'lʊɪs /

•

UK / 'lʊɪs /

noun
A steel device for gripping heavy blocks of stone or concrete for lifting, consisting of three piece

ninety

US / 'naɪntɪ /

•

UK / ˈnaɪnti /

number
90

moment

US / 'məʊmənt /

•

UK / 'moʊmənt /

noun
Very short or brief period of time
A particular period in time

turtle

US / ˈtɜ:tl /

•

UK / ˈtɜ:rtl /

noun
Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell

desert

US / 'dezət /

•

UK / ˈdɛzət /

noun
Bare area of land, often with few plants and water
verb
To leave a place for ever; abandon
To leave when one is needed or expected to stay

guard

US / ɡɑ:d /

•

UK / ɡɑrd /

noun
Someone who watches a place or prevents escapes
verb
To keep watch over something to protect it

raise

US / reɪz /

•

UK / rez /

noun
Increase in a bet above another when playing cards
Pay increase
verb
To increase a bet above another when playing cards
To gather donations for a cause or charity
To bring up and educate a child to maturity
To bring a dead person to life
To increase a quantity, size, intensity or price
To lift (e.g. your hand) to a higher position
To mention a topic /issue for discussion; bring up
To increase (salary, etc.)
To grow or care for plants or animals

madagascar

US / ˌmædə'ɡæskə(r) /

•

UK / ˌmædə'ɡæskər /

other
A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in
An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the th largest island in the wor

low

US / ləʊ /

•

UK / lo /

adjecitve
Having a small quantity, supply, or amount
Being unhappy or unpleasant in attitude
Not high; being near the ground, or bottom
(Of a voice, sound) being soft; quiet
noun
Situation of not having a lot of something

plentiful

US / ˈplentɪfl /

•

UK / ˈplɛntɪfəl /

adjecitve
Existing in large amounts or numbers

see

US / si: /

•

UK / si /

verb
To go on a date with someone
To predict whether something is, or will be true
To understand what someone says
To use your eyes to look at something
To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
To visit or meet with someone
To find out by waiting or looking
To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

wade

US / weɪd /

•

UK / wed /

noun
Person's name
verb
To walk in shallow water

youngster

US / ˈjʌŋstə(r) /

•

UK / ˈjʌŋstɚ /

noun
Young person of either sex, about 5-16 years

agriculture

US / ˈægrɪkʌltʃə(r) /

•

UK / ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃɚ /

noun
The science of farming

center

US / 'sentə /

•

UK / ˈsɛntɚ /

noun
Community place people go health or social reasons
Place in the middle of something
Person or thing that is attracting attention
verb
To direct focus toward something

fall

US / fɔ:l /

•

UK / fɔl /

noun
Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
A drop in amount; decrease
Dropping from a standing position to the ground
verb
To drop in amount; to decrease
To come down from a higher position suddenly
To go from standing to the ground, by accident

end

US / end /

•

UK / ɛnd /

noun
The point where a process or activity stops
A point that marks the limit of something; finish
Goal or desired result
The tip, edge or limit of something
verb
To be the last part of something

interest

US / 'ɪntrəst /

•

UK / ˈɪntrɪst, -tərɪst, -ˌtrɛst /

noun
Best or most advantageous thing for someone
Activity or subject one enjoys doing or learning
Fee for borrowing money
verb
To make someone want to know about something
To persuade to do, become involved with something

loss

US / lɒs /

•

UK / lɔ:s /

noun
Friend, family, or other loved person's death
Decrease or decline in quantity or amount
Experience or state of failing to have or keep
A situation when you lose a game
Process of failing to have or keep something
Difficulty or trouble caused by someone's leaving
Situation when more money is spent than is earned

scene

US / si:n /

•

UK / sin /

noun
Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
View that looks like a picture
Place where something particular happened
Part of an act in a play

asia

US / ˈeɪʒə /

•

UK / ˈeɪʒə /

noun
Largest continent with Europe on the west to form Eurasia
other
Nations of the Asian continent collectively

case

US / keɪs /

•

UK / kes /

noun
Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
Set of facts about a crime
Set of facts about an event
Example or instance of something
verb
To find out about a place, as in planning to steal

conservation

US / ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃn /

•

UK / ˌkɑ:nsərˈveɪʃn /

noun
Protecting the environment or a species
Act of keeping in reserve

find

US / faɪnd /

•

UK / faɪnd /

noun
Object discovered by chance
Things that have been discovered from searching
verb
To become aware of something that is happening
To discover or meet by chance
To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
To learn through study, research, or effort
To discover something by looking for it

crown

US / kraʊn /

•

UK / kraʊn /

noun
A gold ring put on a King or Queen’s head
An artificial cap on a tooth
Top part of something
other
To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
verb
To officially give someone the winners title
To be made king or queen of a country
To be at the top of something

longevity

US / lɒn'dʒevətɪ /

•

UK / lɑnˈdʒɛvɪti, lɔn- /

noun
Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts

mean

US / mi:n /

•

UK / min /

adjecitve
Being good at
Nasty; unkind
Not liking to spend money; cheap; stingy
noun
Average of a set of numbers
verb
To express a particular idea or thought
To intend to do something in particular
To have a particular meaning or value

offer

US / 'ɒfə(r) /

•

UK / ˈɔfɚ, ˈɑfɚ /

noun
Price you say you are willing to pay for something
Act of making a thing available to be accepted
verb
To suggest a price you are willing to pay
To give the opportunity to accept something
To say you are willing to do something
To give or say something as an act of worship

shrink

US / ʃrɪŋk /

•

UK / ʃrɪŋk /

noun
A rude name for a psychiatrist
other
To make something smaller than it was before
verb
To become smaller
To make or become smaller than it was before

watch

US / wɒtʃ /

•

UK / wɑtʃ /

noun
Period of time someone is responsible for guarding
Device you wear on your wrist that shows the time
Official warning statement, e.g. of bad weather
verb
To keep in check, manage, or control something
To look at something for entertainment, e.g. TV
To guard a place or people; protect child, etc.
To look at carefully to work out what is happening
To protect and care for someone or something

place

US / pleɪs /

•

UK / ples /

noun
Particular location, area or region
verb
To put someone in a particular type of situation
To put something in a certain location or position

own

US / əʊn /

•

UK / on /

adjecitve
Belong to oneself
determiner
Yours, his, hers, etc.; not belonging to another
pronoun
(Something) belong to myself
verb
To have something as your property

egg

US / eg /

•

UK / ɛɡ /

noun
Hard-shelled thing from which a young bird is born

down

US / daʊn /

•

UK / daʊn /

adjecitve
Being sad, sick, or unhappy
Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
adverb
In a sitting or lying position
Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
noun
A period of play in American Football
The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
preposition
Along something's path, course, or direction
Going from a higher position to a lower position
verb
To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping

goode

US / ˌɡʊd'baɪ /

•

UK / ˌɡʊd'baɪ /

then

US / ðen /

•

UK / ðɛn /

adverb
A time that is not now
Following another thing in time or arrangement
Following on reasonably from what was just stated
At that time, not now

search

US / sɜ:tʃ /

•

UK / sɜ:rtʃ /

noun
Examination of person to find something
Action to find an answer to a problem
Action of trying to find someone or something
verb
To examine a person's clothing to find something
To look for an answer or explanation to a problem
To look carefully for someone or something

step

US / step /

•

UK / stɛp /

noun
Movement done as part of a particular dance
Distance covered by one movement of a leg; stride
One part or stage in a process
Sound made by the feet while walking; footstep
Flat horizontal piece that forms stairs
verb
To raise and moving the foot to put it down

first

US / fɜ:st /

•

UK / fɚst /

adjecitve
1st; Coming before all others in time or place
noun
Something that has not happened before
Position of the winner of a competition

get

US / ɡet /

•

UK / ɡɛt /

verb
To become affected by illness or disease
To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
To go somewhere to obtain something
To (cause to) do a particular thing
To obtain, receive or be given something
To currently have
To prepare for use
To understand something being said or read

enforce

US / ɪnˈfɔ:s /

•

UK / ɪnˈfɔ:rs /

verb
To force something to be done or accepted
To make (a rule) active or effective

hard

US / hɑ:d /

•

UK / hɑː(r)d /

adjecitve
Difficult to do; difficult to understand
(Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
(Of alcohol) strong
Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
Strong
(Of edge) clear; sharp
Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
adverb
With lots of force, power, or impact

particularly

US / pəˈtikjuləli /

•

UK / pɚˈtɪkjələli, pəˈtɪk- /

adverb
Specially; more than others

syndicate

US / 'sɪndɪkət /

•

UK / ˈsɪndɪkɪt /

noun
Group of people or businesses that work together
verb
To work together for common business interests

elsewhere

US / ˌelsˈweə(r) /

•

UK / ˌelsˈwer /

adverb
In, or to, another or different place

cousin

US / 'kʌzn /

•

UK / 'kʌzn /

noun
Child of your uncle or aunt
Something similar to or related to something else

dig

US / dɪg /

•

UK / dɪɡ /

verb
To move material to create a hole

disappear

US / ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r) /

•

UK / ˌdɪsəˈpɪr /

verb
To no longer see because it's not there any more

endanger

US / ɪn'deɪndʒə(r) /

•

UK / ɛnˈdendʒɚ /

verb
To bring a person/thing into a dangerous situation

progression

US / prəˈgreʃn /

•

UK / prəˈɡrɛʃən /

noun
Process of developing over time

right

US / raɪt /

•

UK / raɪt /

adjecitve
Correct or true
The south side of you looking at the rising sun
adverb
Exactly in a place or time
Being appropriate for a particular event
In a straight or direct manner
noun
Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
Ideal of what is just and good
Political view based on conservatism
verb
To fix something previously wrong or unjust
To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

thirty

US / 'θɜ:tɪ /

•

UK / ˈθə:ti /

number
30

she

US / ʃɪ /

•

UK / ʃi /

pronoun
Female person or animal mentioned before
(Refers to female person mentioned before)

about

US / ə'baʊt /

•

UK / əˈbaʊt /

adverb
To be ready to; going to
Nearly; approximately; roughly
Near; next to; close to
In every direction; in the area of
preposition
Concerning or of (a topic)

boat

US / bəʊt /

•

UK / bot /

noun
Small form of transport for traveling on water
verb
To travel on a lake or river

fly

US / flaɪ /

•

UK / flai /

noun
Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
Opening with fold of cloth hiding zipper on pants
verb
To move in the wind, e.g. a flag
To move at a high speed
To travel in a plane, helicopter, balloon etc.
To pilot people or items by plane
To travel through the air using wings

even

US / 'i:vn /

•

UK / ˈivən /

adjecitve
Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
Being divided equally or fairly
(Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
Smooth, level, or regular
Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
At a regular, equally steady manner
Remaining steady and unchanging
adverb
(When this is surprising) as well; too
(Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
verb
To make something level; to flatten
To make something equal

different

US / ˈdɪfrənt /

•

UK / ˈdɪfrənt /

adjecitve
Not of the same kind; unlike other things

eye

US / aɪ /

•

UK / aɪ /

noun
The part of the body that you see with
The skill to see the good and bad parts of a thing
Hole at the end of a needle
verb
To watch or study something closely

like

US / laɪk /

•

UK / laɪk /

adjecitve
Being equal in status or kind to something else
Similar; the same
adverb
For example
preposition
Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
In a way similar to the way something is done
Such as; for example
verb
To want to
To find something pleasing; to prefer something

people

US / 'pi:pl /

•

UK / ˈpipəl /

noun
Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
Men, Women, Children

plod

US / plɒd /

•

UK / plɑ:d /

verb
To walk slowly, but heavily

what

US / wɒt /

•

UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /

pronoun
Thing or things that; the same kind as
Used to emphasize something you are about to say
adjecitve
Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
adverb
To a certain degree
determiner
Question words used for asking for information
exclamation
Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
Used to ask people to repeat something they said

vendor

US / ˈvendə(r) /

•

UK / ˈvɛndɚ /

noun
Person who sells things, usually on the street

guest

US / ɡest /

•

UK / ɡɛst /

adjecitve
Referring to people visiting or staying at a place
noun
Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
Paying customer at a hotel or restaurant

hit

US / hɪt /

•

UK / hɪt /

noun
A planned killing, usually for money
Song, movie etc. that is successful
When someone strikes someone or something
Time when a player makes contact with the ball
Time when a website is accessed
verb
To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
To press something, such as a button or switch
To suddenly realize the importance of something
To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
To fight, attack or damage something or someone
To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
To make contact with the ball in a game or sport

number

US / ˈnʌmbə(r) /

•

UK / ˈnʌmbɚ /

noun
Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
Particular song or dance performed during a show
Total quantity or amount of things
verb
To put numbers on things
To assign a sequence within a group, series, set
To claim to be part of a larger group, series, set

restaurant

US / 'restrɒnt /

•

UK / ˈrɛstərənt, -təˌrɑnt /

noun
Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal

political

US / pəˈlɪtɪkl /

•

UK / pəˈlɪtɪkəl /

adjecitve
Being active or interested in government matters
Diplomatic
Of the system of elections and government
Concerning government or public affairs
Involved in getting of power/influence in a group

tell

US / tel /

•

UK / tɛl /

verb
To (strongly) advise a person to do something
To be able to guess
To say or communicate information to someone
To inform, but without speaking; indicate
To have a negative effect on someone
To order someone to do something; command
To recognize something based on certain signs
To report something to an authority
To explain something or teach someone something

specie

US / 'spi:ʃi: /

•

UK / 'spi:ʃɪ /

noun
Singular of species

stay

US / steɪ /

•

UK / ste /

noun
Legal order to stop or delay an action
Strong rope or wire that supports a ship's mast
Period of time spent living in or visiting a place
verb
To keep trying without giving up
To remain in the same place and not move away
To spend time visiting a place or someone's home

york

US / jɔ:k /

•

UK / jɔrk /

proper noun
A city in northern England, on the Ouse River; population 136,900 (est. 2009).
A commercial and industrial city in southeastern Pennsylvania; population 40,097 (est. 2008).
The southwestern tip of Hayes Peninsula, on Baffin Bay in Greenland. It served as a base for US expl

city

US / 'sɪtɪ /

•

UK / ˈsɪti /

noun
Area with many buildings, roads and people

cute

US / kju:t /

•

UK / kjut /

adjecitve
Attractive in a pretty or endearing way

tortoise

US / ˈtɔ:təs /

•

UK / ˈtɔ:rtəs /

noun
Slow moving animal with a hard protective shell

fight

US / faɪt /

•

UK / faɪt /

noun
An argument or quarrel
Act of trying to hurt someone by hitting them
A struggle to do a difficult task
verb
To argue or quarrel with someone about something
To try to hurt someone by hitting them
To struggle to do a difficult task

example

US / ɪgˈzɑ:mpl /

•

UK / ɪɡˈzæmpəl /

noun
Thing, person which represents a category

hire

US / ˈhaɪə(r) /

•

UK / haɪr /

noun
Short term rental of something e.g. car, phone
verb
To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
To give the use of something in exchange for money

each

US / i:tʃ /

•

UK / itʃ /

determiner
Every one of two or more things
pronoun
Per one person or thing

remarkable

US / rɪˈmɑ:kəbl /

•

UK / rɪˈmɑrkəbəl /

adjecitve
Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice

yeah

US / jeə /

•

UK / ˈjɛə, ˈjæə, jɛ- /

exclamation
Another way of saying 'yes'

forever

US / fər'evə(r) /

•

UK / fɔrˈɛvɚ, fə- /

adverb
For all future time; in the future

forty

US / 'fɔ:tɪ /

•

UK / ˈfɔrti /

number
40

glamorous

US / ˈglæmərəs /

•

UK / ˈɡlæmərəs /

adjecitve
Attractive in a sexy way; exciting; alluring

keep

US / ki:p /

•

UK / kip /

noun
Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
Money spent on you so you can live in a place
verb
To continue doing something; not to stop
To stop balls going in a goal in sports
To not give back or return something
(Of food) to not spoil or not rot
To take possession of something to own, e.g. a pet
To have and continue to hold something
To do something that you have promised or agreed
To stay in a certain place or condition
To maintain the rules

nineteen

US / ˌnaɪnˈti:n /

•

UK / naɪnˈtin /

number
19

name

US / neɪm /

•

UK / nem /

noun
What something or someone is called
verb
To state what someone is called, e.g. John

slash

US / slæʃ /

•

UK / slæʃ /

noun
Line ( / ) used in writing
Long, deep cut, caused by a sharp object
verb
To cut violently with a sharp object
To decrease something by a large amount

something

US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

•

UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

adverb
In some degree or measure
noun
a person or thing of some value or consequence
pronoun
Thing that is not yet known or named
Approximately

and

US / ənd /

•

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

conjunction
Used to refer to two or more things
Plus; in addition; on top of that
Used to introduce an action that follows another

base

US / beɪs /

•

UK / bes /

noun
Place military personnel live, train, and operate
Bottom part of an object that touches a surface
Unit of counting, e.g. 10 for counting
Most important idea or ingredient to add others
Origin or start from which something came
Main place where an organization or a person works
verb
To use as the starting point or origin for
To have as the main location for (company, etc.)

back

US / bæk /

•

UK / bæk /

adjecitve
Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
adverb
Have returned to a place you were before
noun
The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
Location at the rear of something
The reverse of side something
Area on the rear of your body
verb
To bet money on something
To go backwards in a car
To support and encourage someone or some cause

certainly

US / ˈsə:tnli /

•

UK / ˈsɚtnli /

adverb
Sure; of course

dozen

US / ˈdʌzn /

•

UK / ˈdʌzən /

noun
12 people or things

critically

US / 'krɪtɪklɪ /

•

UK / ˈkrɪtɪklɪ /

adverb
As part of the process of judging something
In a way that is serious or dangerous; vitally

glitz

US / glɪts /

•

UK / ɡlɪts /

noun
Condition of being glamorous and expensive-looking

guy

US / ɡaɪ /

•

UK / ɡaɪ /

noun
Man; boy; any person

hike

US / haɪk /

•

UK / haɪk /

noun
Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
A long walk in mountains, etc. for exercise
Long walk, often in a rural area, for exercise
verb
To make a large and unexpected increase in a price
To take a long walk in mountains etc. for exercise

illegal

US / ɪ'li:ɡl /

•

UK / ɪˈliɡəl /

adjecitve
Not allowed by the laws or rules

lot

US / lɒt /

•

UK / lɑt /

noun
What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
A group of people seen together
Item for sale at an auction
Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

money

US / 'mʌnɪ /

•

UK / ˈmʌni /

noun
Coins or notes we use to pay for things

rhino

US / 'raɪnəʊ /

•

UK / ˈraɪno /

noun
Large mammal with one or two horns on its nose

poor

US / pʊə(r) /

•

UK / pʊr /

adjecitve
Inferior; below the normal standard
Deserving of pity or sympathy
Without money; not rich

another

US / əˈnʌðə(r) /

•

UK / əˈnʌðɚ /

adjecitve
One more, but not this
determiner
One more added
pronoun
One more (thing)

girl

US / gɜ:l /

•

UK / gɜ:rl /

noun
A female child; a young woman

gash

US / gæʃ /

•

UK / ɡæʃ /

noun
Long, deep cut (in skin or material)
verb
To make a long, deep cut (of skin)

geography

US / dʒiˈɒgrəfi /

•

UK / dʒiˈɑ:grəfi /

noun
Study of the earth and its natural features

sometimes

US / ˈsʌmtaɪmz /

•

UK / ˈsʌmˌtaɪmz /

adverb
Only at certain times; occasionally

any

US / 'enɪ /

•

UK / ˈɛni /

adjecitve
One, or some, no matter which
pronoun
One (thing) of many; some

etch

US / etʃ /

•

UK / ɛtʃ /

verb
To cut lines on metal to make a picture

biologically

US / ˌbaɪəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəli /

•

UK / baɪəˈlɑdʒɪkli /

adverb
As regards life and living things

help

US / help /

•

UK / hɛlp /

noun
Something given to enable a person to do something
Assistance given to someone in need
Someone who makes something easier or possible
verb
To act to enable a person to do something; assist
To make something better or less difficult

come

US / kʌm /

•

UK / kʌm /

verb
To arrive at a place
(Of mail) to be delivered
To move toward someone; go with someone
To reach a certain point or state

literally

US / ˈlɪtərəli /

•

UK / ˈlɪtərəli /

adverb
So as to express the exact meaning of something
Used to say something is true, even if unlikely

local

US / ˈləʊkl /

•

UK / ˈloʊkl /

adjecitve
Relating to a particular area, city, or town
noun
Bus or train, that stops at most stations
People who live in the area being discussed
The pub you most frequently go to

think

US / θɪŋk /

•

UK / θɪŋk /

verb
To have an idea about something without certainty
To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

unthinkable

US / ʌn'θɪŋkəbl /

•

UK / ʌn'θɪŋkəbl /

adjecitve
Impossible to imagine; not to be considered

wrangle

US / ˈræŋgl /

•

UK / ˈræŋɡəl /

verb
To argue angrily about the details of something

bar

US / bɑ:(r) /

•

UK / bɑ:r /

noun
Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
Professional organization of lawyers and judges
String of musical notes
Place to meet friends and buy alcoholic drinks
Long solid round piece of metal shaped like a pipe
verb
To prevent entry, exit or an action

most

US / məʊst /

•

UK / most /

adverb
Very; extremely
Greatest possible degree
pronoun
Nearly all of something

secret

US / 'si:krət /

•

UK / 'si:krət /

adjecitve
That you don't want others to know; private
noun
Information you do not want others to know

bangladesh

US / ˌbɑ:ŋgləˈdeʃ, ˌbæŋ- /

•

UK / ˌbɑŋɡləˈdɛʃ, ˌbæŋ- /

noun
A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of B

along

US / əˈlɒŋ /

•

UK / əˈlɔ:ŋ /

adverb
As a companion; taken with someone
preposition
At a point on a line

chameleon

US / kəˈmi:liən /

•

UK / kəˈmiljən, -ˈmiliən /

noun
Reptile that can change colors as camouflage

from

US / frəm /

•

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

preposition
Starting at a particular place, time or level

extinct

US / ɪkˈstɪŋkt /

•

UK / ɪkˈstɪŋkt /

adjecitve
(Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
(E.g. of volcano) not active

hot

US / hɒt /

•

UK / hɑ:t /

adjecitve
Angry or excited
Being very good at something
Having a high temperature
Popular and causing a great deal of excitement
Attractive in a sexually exciting way
(Of food) very spicy
Stolen; dangerous to buy or trade in

isolation

US / ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃn /

•

UK / ˌaɪsəˈleʃən /

noun
Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
Process of separating things from other things

jewel

US / 'dʒu:əl /

•

UK / ˈdʒuəl /

noun
Precious stone like a diamond; gem

out

US / aʊt /

•

UK / aʊt /

adverb
No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
Away from home, business, or the usual place
In a direction/movement away from inside or center
noun
Act when a batter cannot continue playing
verb
To tell people a secret

over

US / 'əʊvə(r) /

•

UK / ˈovɚ /

adverb
Finished; no longer happening
Towards the ground/away from a standing position
noun
A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
other
Finished
preposition
Showing the relation when a thing is above another
On or covering something
Above or across something
More than you need
From one side to the other
In the direction of; toward

national

US / 'næʃnəl /

•

UK / ˈnæʃənəl, ˈnæʃnəl /

adjecitve
Concerning a nation as a whole
noun
A person of a particular country

US / ʃeə(r) /

•

UK / ʃɛr /

noun
Part-ownership in a property, business or company
Part of a company you own, shown by a certificate
verb
To divide something between two or more people
To allow others to use your things equally
To give information, etc. to someone

call

US / kɔ:l /

•

UK / kɔl /

noun
A order or request for action
The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
A short visit to a place or person
A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
verb
To make a request or order for action
(Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
To announce the date of an election
To make a judgment about something
To give someone or something a name
To guess in advance the result or outcome
To visit a place or person for a short time
To phone someone
To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

hide

US / haɪd /

•

UK / haɪd /

noun
The skin of an animal used for making leather
verb
To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found

far

US / fɑ:(r) /

•

UK / fɑr /

adjecitve
A long way away
Being a long way away
adverb
To a large degree or extent

leave

US / li:v /

•

UK / liv /

noun
Permission to do something
Vacation time; time off work
verb
To go away from; depart
To gift property to someone after you die
To allow something to continue happening
To let something remain unused or available
To let something or someone remain somewhere

toe

US / təʊ /

•

UK / toʊ /

noun
One of the five parts at the end of your foot
Front part of a sock or shoe

where

US / hwɛə /

•

UK / hwɛr, wɛr /

conjunction
At or in the place which
In whatever place
pronoun
Word you use to ask the location of something

undeveloped

US / ˌʌndɪˈveləpt /

•

UK / ˌʌndɪˈveləpt /

adjecitve
Having little industry or business
Not yet grown to full size
(Land) wild; Not yet used for farming or buildings
(Of camera film) not yet processed chemically

wilderness

US / 'wɪldənəs /

•

UK / ˈwɪldənɪs /

noun
Rural area left natural and largely untouched

brush

US / brʌʃ /

•

UK / brʌʃ /

noun
Quick and gentle movement
Thing with hairs used to apply paint, etc.
Thing used to comb your hair or to clean the floor
verb
To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
To clean, paint, or apply something with a brush
To clean using a long stick with stiff hairs

front

US / frʌnt /

•

UK / frʌnt /

adjecitve
Opposite of back; the forward part of an object
noun
Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
Area where fighting in a war is happening
Place where air of different temperatures meets
verb
To have the forward part facing something
To lead a group of people, usually a band

milk

US / mɪlk /

•

UK / mɪlk /

noun
White liquid produced by females to feed babies
verb
To take white liquid from cows etc. to drink
To take as much from a person/situation as you can

only

US / ˈəunli /

•

UK / ˈonli /

adverb
Just one; just that amount or thing; not more than
Not very important or serious
Just that type of thing, person
Short time ago; not before a certain time
conjunction
Except; but

rare

US / reə(r) /

•

UK / rɛr /

adjecitve
(Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
Unusual or out of the ordinary; not common

two

US / tu: /

•

UK / tu /

number
2

actually

US / ˈæktʃuəli /

•

UK / ˈæktʃuəli /

adverb
Used to add new (often different) information

dome

US / dəʊm /

•

UK / doʊm /

noun
Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball

confer

US / kənˈfɜ:(r) /

•

UK / kənˈfɚ /

verb
To discuss something important together
To grant a title, degree, or award

panda

US / 'pændə /

•

UK / ˈpændə /

noun
White and black bear-like mammal from China

plight

US / plaɪt /

•

UK / plaɪt /

noun
Difficult situation

sell

US / sel /

•

UK / sɛl /

verb
To exchange something for money
To persuade people to do, like or agree

walk

US / wɔ:k /

•

UK / wɔk /

noun
Journey on foot done for pleasure or exercise
verb
To move with your legs at a slowish pace

day

US / deɪ /

•

UK / de /

noun
A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
The period of time when it is light outside
Person's name

ever

US / 'evə(r) /

•

UK / ˈɛvɚ /

adverb
At any time; at all times in the future

humidity

US / hju:ˈmɪdəti /

•

UK / hjuˈmɪdɪti /

noun
Amount of moisture in the air in a particular area

lock

US / lɒk /

•

UK / lɑ:k /

noun
Small portion of your hair that hangs together
Place on a door, etc. that you close with a key
verb
To become fixed in place and hard to move
To use a key, code so others can't open something

item

US / ˈaɪtəm /

•

UK / ˈaɪtəm /

noun
Single, brief piece of news or reporting
Distinct, individual thing, often part of a group

point

US / pɔɪnt /

•

UK / pɔɪnt /

noun
An item to be discussed
Small spot or dot
Fact or detail
Feature of something
The size of the text on a page or screen
A certain time or stage in a process
Certain position in time or space
Idea or fact you try to convince people about
Measurement of scores in a game, sport
Sharp end of something, e.g. a pen or pin
verb
To face a certain direction, e.g. north
To indicate something with your finger to others

army

US / 'ɑ:mɪ /

•

UK / ˈɑrmi /

noun
Large group of soldiers organized to fight in wars

coin

US / kɔɪn /

•

UK / kɔɪn /

noun
A small, flat piece of metal used as money
verb
To make coins from metal
To invent a new word that becomes popular

extreme

US / ɪk'stri:m /

•

UK / ɪkˈstrim /

adjecitve
Very great in degree
Farthest from a center
Very severe; very strong
noun
Effort that is thought more than is necessary

here

US / hɪə(r) /

•

UK / hɪr /

adverb
In this place; at this location, position or time

new

US / nju: /

•

UK / nu, nju /

adjecitve
Not old, recently born, built or made
Being or doing something for the first time
Not felt, seen or known previously
Having been recently bought or obtained

small

US / smɔ:l /

•

UK / smɔl /

adjecitve
Little in size; not big
(Of letters) not written in capital letters
Being insignificant or minor
(Of a business) with few people or things; local
(Of voice) being soft and quiet
(Of a child) being young

sparkle

US / ˈspɑ:kl /

•

UK / ˈspɑ:rkl /

noun
Shiny brief bits of light energy
verb
To shine with a lot of very small points of light

try

US / traɪ /

•

UK / traɪ /

noun
Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
verb
To make an effort, to attempt to do something
To examine someone or something in a court of law
To test to see if it is good or you like it
To make a person go through hardship; test
To examine something to see if it works

feel

US / fi:l /

•

UK / fil /

verb
To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
To sense through direct contact; touch

code

US / kəʊd /

•

UK / kod /

noun
A password made of a set of letters or numbers
Set of rules for behavior
A secret language using secret symbols
Written part of a computer program
verb
To express information in a series of numbers
To write a secret message using secret symbols
To write programs using computer languages

india

US / 'ɪndɪə /

•

UK / ˈɪndɪə /

proper noun
A country in southern Asia that occupies the greater part of the Indian subcontinent; population 1,3

market

US / ˈmɑ:kɪt /

•

UK / ˈmɑ:rkɪt /

noun
Need or demand for a particular product or service
Area or region where a certain product is sold
Public event where people sell goods on tables
Institution where stocks are bought and sold
verb
To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise

reason

US / 'ri:zn /

•

UK / ˈrizən /

noun
Ability to think about facts and form a judgment
Explanation for why something occurred or was done
verb
To think and make conclusions in a logical manner

too

US / tu: /

•

UK / tu /

adverb
In addition, also; with emphasis
Say that something is more than you want

village

US / 'vɪlɪdʒ /

•

UK / ˈvɪlɪdʒ /

noun
Small town in the country

asian

US / ˈeɪʃn /

•

UK / ˈeɪʃn /

noun
A native or inhabitant of Asia
other
Of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the peoples of Asia or their languages or culture

beautiful

US / 'bju:tɪfl /

•

UK / ˈbjutəfəl /

adjecitve
Having dome something well
Being very attractive or appealing physically

blend

US / blend /

•

UK / blɛnd /

noun
Product known for mixing ingredients
verb
To combine different elements or substances
To mix ingredients when cooking
To mix things in an effective or pleasing way

population

US / ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn /

•

UK / ˌpɑpjəˈleʃən /

noun
Number of people who live in a country, area etc.

story

US / 'stɔ:rɪ /

•

UK / ˈstɔri, ˈstori /

noun
One of many floors or levels in a building
Account or description of how something happened

continue

US / kən'tɪnju: /

•

UK / kənˈtɪnju /

verb
To do something without stopping, or after pausing
To start doing again after a break, pause, or stop

fierce

US / fɪəs /

•

UK / fɪrs /

adjecitve
Very strong, wild or violent

after

US / 'ɑ:ftə(r) /

•

UK / ˈæftɚ /

adverb
Later than another time, or behind something
conjunction
Following something before
preposition
When an event happened or time has passed

fresh

US / freʃ /

•

UK / frɛʃ /

adjecitve
Clean; not used or dirty
Remaining clear, as in a person's memory
Newly made or gathered
(Water) not salty, usually from a lake or a river

frog

US / frɒg /

•

UK / frɔ:g /

noun
Small hopping amphibian

imaginable

US / ɪˈmædʒɪnəbl /

•

UK / ɪˈmædʒənəbəl /

adjecitve
Able to be imagined; possible

many

US / 'menɪ /

•

UK / ˈmɛni /

determiner
Used to refer a large number of things

lay

US / leɪ /

•

UK / le /

adjecitve
Amateur; not being a trained priest
verb
To place a bet on a game outcome
(Of a bird, etc.) to produce eggs from its body
To put or set something down in a flat position
To set out things on (table) to prepare for a meal

lemur

US / ˈli:mə(r) /

•

UK / ˈlimɚ /

noun
Large-eyed animal that lives in trees

radiate

US / ˈreɪdieɪt /

•

UK / ˈrediˌet /

verb
To show a lot of feeling clearly
To spread out from a center
To emit something like a wave

team

US / ti:m /

•

UK / tim /

noun
Group of people working on a task together
Group of people playing a sport together

texas

US / ˈtɛksəs /

•

UK / ˈtɛksəs /

other
The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

thousand

US / ˈθaʊznd /

•

UK / ˈθaʊzənd /

number
Number 1,000

wild

US / waɪld /

•

UK / waɪld /

adjecitve
Living in nature; not tame
(Of land) not developed by people
adverb
In a manner which lacks control
noun
A natural environment e.g. jungle, forest

will

US / wɪl /

•

UK / wɪl /

noun
Desire or choice of someone
Document saying who gets your money when you die
Strong desire to do something; determination
Desire to do something; strong wish to do
other
Used with verbs to express the future
verb
To leave property to someone after your death
To use mental effort to make something happen
Am (is, are) likely to do
To influence someone to do something
To make something happen by strongly wanting it

bag

US / bæɡ /

•

UK / bæɡ /

noun
Soft container to put things in and carry with you
verb
To catch an animal while hunting
To put an item or items into a bag

burn

US / bɜ:n /

•

UK / bɚn /

noun
Damage from fire or heat
verb
To destroy with fire
To feel pain and heat
To use as fuel for a fire to make light or heat
To overcook food with too much heat it goes black

four

US / fɔ:(r) /

•

UK / fɔr, for /

number
4

eat

US / i:t /

•

UK / it /

verb
To put food in your mouth

habitat

US / 'hæbɪtæt /

•

UK / ˈhæbɪˌtæt /

noun
Natural place where a plant or animal lives

heat

US / hi:t /

•

UK / hit /

noun
State of anger, excitement, or arguing
Particular temperature at which to cook something
High temperature
One of series of races to find the finalists
Hot temperature, conditions, or weather
verb
To make hot or hotter

million

US / ˈmɪljən /

•

UK / ˈmɪljən /

number
1,000,000

probably

US / ˈprɒbəbli /

•

UK / ˈprɑbəbli /

adverb
That is likely to happen or be true

prosecute

US / 'prɒsɪkju:t /

•

UK / ˈprɑsɪˌkjut /

verb
To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
To proceed with something, such as a transaction

once

US / wʌns /

•

UK / wʌns /

adverb
One time; one instance
At a time in the past
conjunction
When; as soon as

safe

US / seɪf /

•

UK / sef /

noun
Metal box with a lock to keep valuable things in
adjecitve
Highly likely
Being out of danger

trade

US / treɪd /

•

UK / treid /

noun
A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
Action of buying and selling things in business
The buying and selling of goods and services
Exchanging something for something else
Job often requiring physical skills, e.g. plumbing
verb
To buy, sell and exchange goods in business
To give something in return for something else

traffic

US / 'træfɪk /

•

UK / ˈtræfɪk /

noun
The cars or vehicles on the road
Amount of activity over a communication system

wait

US / weɪt /

•

UK / wet /

verb
To delay or not do something until later
To spend time until an expected thing happens
To remain in a place until a thing happens

while

US / waɪl /

•

UK / hwaɪl, waɪl /

conjunction
In spite of the fact that; although
During the time that; at the same time
noun
Short amount of time

black

US / blæk /

•

UK / blæk /

adjecitve
Color of the sky on a dark night
noun
A person with dark skin, often of African origin
Person's name
verb
To fill in something to make it a very dark color

deface

US / dɪ'feɪs /

•

UK / dɪˈfes /

verb
To spoil something's appearance by marking it

leg

US / leɡ /

•

UK / lɛɡ /

noun
Part of the body from the hips down
The piece of furniture that touches the ground

head

US / hed /

•

UK / hɛd /

noun
Counter for the number of cattle
Natural mental ability or intelligence
Leader or person with the greatest authority
Mind; mental ability; mental state
Side of a coin with a head on it
Top part of your body with eyes and a mouth
Starting point of something, e.g. a river
verb
To hit a ball with your head in a game
To be first or at the front or top (e.g. a list)
To travel or move toward a particular place; To go in a particular direction
To become the leader of something
To lead or be responsible for something

organic

US / ɔ:ˈgænɪk /

•

UK / ɔrˈɡænɪk /

adjecitve
Developing naturally and without a set structure
Concerning food made with few or no chemicals
Concerning living things

never

US / 'nevə(r) /

•

UK / ˈnɛvɚ /

adverb
Not ever; not at any time

protection

US / prəˈtekʃn /

•

UK / prəˈtɛkʃən /

noun
Being kept from harm
Something that defends against harm or danger

send

US / send /

•

UK / sɛnd /

verb
To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
To cause mail or packages to go to another place
To move something quickly in a particular way
To give information or greetings to someone

success

US / sək'ses /

•

UK / səkˈsɛs /

noun
Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
A successful person; one who achieved their aims

few

US / fju: /

•

UK / fju /

pronoun
Not many, a small number

fashionista

US / ˌfæʃnˈiːstə /

•

UK / ˌfæʃnˈiːstə /

noun
Person who follows fashion trends

earth

US / ɜ:θ /

•

UK / ɚθ /

noun
Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
The planet we live on
Soil in which we grow plants

incarcerate

US / ɪnˈkɑːsəreɪt /

•

UK / ɪnˈkɑːrsəreɪt /

verb
To put in prison; to jail someone

inch

US / ɪntʃ /

•

UK / ɪntʃ /

noun
1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
Very small distance
verb
To move or cause to move a small bit at a time

razor

US / ˈreɪzə(r) /

•

UK / ˈrezɚ /

noun
Tool with a sharp edge used to shave beard or hair

ask

US / ɑ:sk /

•

UK / æsk /

verb
To say to someone that you want something

crime

US / kraɪm /

•

UK / kraɪm /

noun
Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
Act that is against the law; murder, theft etc.

land

US / lænd /

•

UK / lænd /

noun
Region or country
Earth; the ground
verb
To arrive or cause a boat to arrive at the shore
To obtain or get something that you wanted
To (cause to) come down to the ground safely
To cause to arrive in a specific place or state

grow

US / ɡrəʊ /

•

UK / ɡro /

verb
To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
To improve; to develop better skills over time
To develop and become bigger or taller over time

since

US / sɪns /

•

UK / sɪns /

adverb
At a point before the present time
conjunction
For this reason; because
preposition
From the time in the past that

soil

US / sɔɪl /

•

UK / sɔɪl /

noun
Conditions in which something develops
Mix of natural material in which plants grow
Land of a certain country
verb
To get or become dirty

start

US / stɑ:t /

•

UK / stɑrt /

noun
First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
Sudden action or movement because you are scared
other
Beginning of something in place or time
verb
To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
To turn something on

unique

US / jʊ'ni:k /

•

UK / juˈnik /

adjecitve
Unlike other things; being the only one like it

begin

US / bɪ'ɡɪn /

•

UK / ˈbeɡɪn /

verb
To do the first part of an action; to start

emulate

US / ˈemjuleɪt /

•

UK / ˈɛmjəˌlet /

verb
To try to be like; copy; imitate

incredible

US / ɪnˈkredəbl /

•

UK / ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl /

adjecitve
Very good; amazing
Really good; amazing; great
Very hard to believe

rich

US / rɪtʃ /

•

UK / rɪtʃ /

adjecitve
Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
Containing a lot of exciting events or experiences and therefore very interesting
(of a color, sound, smell, etc.) Pleasantly deep or strong
If food is rich, it contains a large amount of oil, butter, eggs, or cream.

soon

US / su:n /

•

UK / sun /

adverb
At a time not long from now

predator

US / 'predətə(r) /

•

UK / ˈprɛdətɚ, -ˌtɔr /

noun
An animal that hunts and kills other animals
Person preying on the weak to gain advantage

such

US / sʌtʃ /

•

UK / sʌtʃ /

determiner
Being similar to
(Thing) as previously stated or referred to
adverb
(Used to emphasize the quality of an adjective)

warm

US / wɔ:m /

•

UK / wɔrm /

adjecitve
Friendly, sincere and kind to others
Being friendly or sincere
Slightly hot; not very hot
verb
To become more friendly or to like something
To make something hotter

animal

US / ˈænɪml /

•

UK / ˈænəməl /

noun
A living creature that is not a plant or person

chinese

US / /

•

UK / /

adjecitve
Concerning the culture and people of China

just

US / dʒʌst /

•

UK / dʒʌst /

adjecitve
Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
Doing or being what is right or fair
Legally correct; having enough evidence
adverb
Almost; nearly
Exactly at the time of
Exactly (the same as, like)

line

US / laɪn /

•

UK / laɪn /

noun
Border that divides two places or regions
Long crease in the skin, often from age
Mark that is long, straight and very thin
Row of words, letters or numbers that are written
Telephone connection
People waiting one behind the other; queue
Long thin wire, e.g. for electrical signal
verb
To put material along the inside of something

pet

US / pet /

•

UK / pɛt /

adjecitve
Favorite
noun
Animal kept by a person for company and friendship
A favorite thing or person
verb
To gently touch an animal or person; stroke
To kiss and cuddle, sometimes in a sexual way

plowshare

US / 'plaʊʃeə /

•

UK / ˈplaʊˌʃɛr /

noun
Sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

report

US / rɪ'pɔ:t /

•

UK / rɪˈpɔrt, ˈport /

noun
Account of the necessary facts and information
The telling of news in the media
Official statement about something
verb
To submit a report or bill to the government
To write in a newspaper or speak on a news program
To state something officially
To officially present yourself to an authority
To describe something by telling it to others

for

US / fə(r) /

•

UK / fɔr,fə /

preposition
Used to show the purpose, or need of something

elephantine

US / ˌelɪˈfæntaɪn /

•

UK / ˌelɪˈfæntiːn /

adjecitve
Huge and bulky

heist

US / haɪst /

•

UK / haɪst /

noun
A burglary; a theft of a house or bank

haven

US / /

•

UK / /

noun
Place where people can feel safe and happy

compound

US / 'kɒmpaʊnd /

•

UK / kɑmˈpaUnd /

adjecitve
(Of a term) created by combining two or more words
noun
Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
Chemical made up of several others
Closed walled area, as in a prison
Something formed by combining elements/parts
Term created by using two or more words together
verb
To pay interest on a loan including the interest
To make something from various parts or components
To make a mistake or problem worse

spend

US / spend /

•

UK / spɛnd /

verb
To use money to pay for something
To use time in order to do something
To use up something completely

trace

US / treɪs /

•

UK / tres /

noun
Very small quantity of something
verb
To make an outline to determine a shape
To find someone or something that has disappeared
To draw the outline of an image through thin paper

time

US / taɪm /

•

UK / taɪm /

noun
Speed at which music is played; tempo
Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
Occasion when something happens
Period or occasion that something occurred
Period in history or the past
Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
How long an event takes; duration
verb
To check speed at which music is performed
To choose a specific moment to do something
To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

through

US / θru: /

•

UK / θru /

adjecitve
having finished using or doing something
adverb
From the beginning of something until the end
preposition
Over, in, across an entire thing or place
Allowing you to pass between, or to
By a particular way or process; by the use of

why

US / waɪ /

•

UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /

adverb
Question word to ask for a reason
exclamation
(Used to express surprise or approval)

green

US / gri:n /

•

UK / ɡrin /

adjecitve
Color of young leaves
Covered with vegetation, e.g. grass
Concerned about protecting the environment
The color of young leaves
Lacking in experience/knowledge due to being young
Being not fully grown or ripe, as in fruit
noun
Large grassy area
used as a part of a name of a place (UK)

los

US / /

•

UK / /

abbreviation
Law of the sea.
Length of stay.
Line of scrimmage.
Line of sight.
Loss of signal.

responsible

US / rɪ'spɒnsəbl /

•

UK / rɪˈspɑnsəbəl /

adjecitve
Being the cause of something that has occurred
Having the duty of dealing with something
Able to be trusted to do what needs to be done

eighty

US / 'eɪtɪ /

•

UK / ˈeti /

number
80

glitterati

US / ˌɡlɪtəˈrɑːti /

•

UK / ˌɡlɪtəˈrɑːti /

noun
Well-known celebrities

hour

US / 'aʊə(r) /

•

UK / aʊr /

noun
60 minutes
Particular time of the day
Fixed, regularly occurring time

those

US / ðəʊz /

•

UK / ðoz /

determiner
The people or things we are talking about
pronoun
The objects far from the speaker

december

US / dɪˈsembə(r) /

•

UK / dɪˈsɛmbɚ /

noun
The 12th month of the year

ecosystem

US / ˈi:kəʊsɪstəm /

•

UK / ˈɛkoˌsɪstəm, ˈiko- /

noun
Types of plants and animals in an specific area

gecko

US / 'ɡekəʊ /

•

UK / 'ɡekoʊ /

noun
Small chiefly tropical, nocturnal lizard

tragedy

US / 'trædʒədɪ /

•

UK / ˈtrædʒɪdi /

noun
Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
Very sad event that usually involves death

three

US / θri: /

•

UK / θri /

number
Number 3

zoo

US / zu: /

•

UK / zu /

noun
Place in a town where wild animals are shown

bleed

US / bli:d /

•

UK / blid /

verb
To allow a liquid or gas to escape
To drain something such as water from a source
To flow out of something
(Of a wound, cut knee, etc.) to flow with blood
To take money from someone a little at a time

captivity

US / kæp'tɪvətɪ /

•

UK / kæpˈtɪvɪti /

noun
State of being held against your will (in prison)

female

US / 'fi:meɪl /

•

UK / ˈfiˌmel /

adjecitve
Person of the sex that gives birth to babies

colleague

US / 'kɒli:ɡ /

•

UK / ˈkɑlˌiɡ /

noun
Person you work or cooperate with

five

US / faɪv /

•

UK / faɪv /

number
5

how

US / haʊ /

•

UK / haʊ /

adjecitve
To what degree? in what amount?
adverb
(Used to explain the way to do something)
exclamation
For what purpose or reason?
(Used to ask someone or something's condition)

erosion

US / ɪ'rəʊʒn /

•

UK / ɪˈrəʊʒ(ə)n /

noun
Process of wearing away by water, wind, or ice

live

US / lɪv /

•

UK / liv /

adjecitve
Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
Glowing because burning; hot
Not yet killed (for food)
adverb
(Music, drama) as it is performed
verb
To be alive
To experience a particular type of life
To make your home in a house or town

kind

US / kaɪnd /

•

UK / kaɪnd /

adjecitve
In a caring and helpful manner
friendly and considerate
noun
One type of thing

simply

US / ˈsɪmpli /

•

UK / ˈsɪmpli /

adverb
In an easy or clear manner

year

US / jə: /

•

UK / jɪr /

noun
Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
Used to refer to the age of a person

across

US / əˈkrɔs /

•

UK / əˈkrɔs,əˈkrɑs /

adverb
Distance from one side to another
(Go) from one side to the other of something

may

US / meɪ /

•

UK / me /

noun
5th month of the year
other
Used to express a desire
Expresses permission, possibility or probability
Used to show that a thing could be true

ploughshare

US / ˈplaʊʃeə(r) /

•

UK / ˈplaʊʃer /

noun
Sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

snake

US / sneɪk /

•

UK / snek /

noun
An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
verb
To move like a snake
To wind in a long path like the shape of a snake

this

US / ðɪs /

•

UK / ðɪs /

adjecitve
Used to indicate something already been discussed
Used to indicate something happening around now
adverb
An indication by a physical motion or gesture
A specific amount of
determiner
Person, thing, or idea near you
pronoun
Person, thing that has already been discussed

truck

US / trʌk /

•

UK / trʌk /

noun
Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
Large vehicle suitable for transporting things
Simple frame with wheels for moving things; cart
verb
To transport something on a lorry, van

big

US / bɪɡ /

•

UK / bɪɡ /

adjecitve
Popular
Serious
Large

alone

US / ə'ləʊn /

•

UK / əˈlon /

adjecitve
Apart from others
Without equal
adverb
Without anyone or anything else

let

US / let /

•

UK / lɛt /

verb
To allow someone to do something
Introducing a suggestion to do something together
To rent a house, etc. to others

natural

US / ˈnætʃərəl /

•

UK / ˈnætʃərəl, ˈnætʃrəl /

adjecitve
Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
Not made by humans; without human intervention

little

US / 'lɪtl /

•

UK / ˈlɪtl /

adjecitve
Being short in length of time
Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
Being very young or younger than others
adverb
By an amount or degree that is not very much
Not often; rarely
noun
A person's name

person

US / 'pɜ:sn /

•

UK / 'pɜ:rsn /

noun
Man, woman or child

paradise

US / 'pærədaɪs /

•

UK / ˈpærəˌdaɪs, -ˌdaɪz /

noun
Place with everything needed for specific activity
Place where good people are said to go after death
State of happiness or delight

the

US / ðə /

•

UK / ðə /

article
Used to refer to something already mentioned
Used to show there is only one of something
determiner
Used to describe all of a family

wall

US / wɔ:l /

•

UK / wɔl /

noun
High, flat side of a room or building

wow

US / waʊ /

•

UK / waʊ /

exclamation
Sound people make when they make are impressed
verb
(Informal) to greatly impress someone

flourish

US / 'flʌrɪʃ /

•

UK / ˈflɚrɪʃ, ˈflʌr- /

noun
Fancy addition or decoration
verb
To show and direct attention by waving something
To add a fancy addition or decoration
To be healthy or successful

into

US / 'ɪntə /

•

UK / ˈɪntu /

preposition
Moving or going inside something
In the same direction as; in the direction of
So as to become; taking the state of

entire

US / ɪn'taɪə(r) /

•

UK / ɛnˈtaɪr /

adjecitve
Complete or full; with no part left out; whole

other

US / 'ʌðə(r) /

•

UK / ˈʌðər /

adjecitve
A thing different from that mentioned
determiner
(Something) else; not the first (one)
pronoun
Being the one and only thing of that category

love

US / lʌv /

•

UK / lʌv /

noun
Person's name
A very strong feeling of affection
The person you care very deeply about
Strong, deep emotional and sexual attraction
verb
To care for and like someone very strongly, deeply
To like doing very much; enjoy greatly
To feel a strong emotional and romantic attraction

lucky

US / 'lʌkɪ /

•

UK / ˈlʌki /

adjecitve
Fortunate; having good things happen by chance

one

US / wʌn /

•

UK / wʌn /

pronoun
You; we; people in general; someone
The thing or person previously referred to
adjecitve
Used to refer to people generally
Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
number
Number 1

open

US / 'əʊpən /

•

UK / ˈopən /

adjecitve
Available for use; accessible
Not being hidden; available for others to see
Being available for customers to enter or use
Allowing everyone to use or take part in
Not secret anymore
Not closed or shut
Willing to accept new ideas and thoughts
noun
Name for a tennis or golf competition
verb
To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
To start the activities or services of a business
To make a space or hole appear in something
To move or change so that it is no longer closed
To start something, e.g. a new business

perfect

US / 'pɜ:fɪkt /

•

UK / ˈpɚfɪkt /

adjecitve
So good it cannot be improved
verb
To do something so well, it cannot be done better

than

US / ðən /

•

UK / ðən /

conjunction
Used to compare two things that are not equal

rock

US / rɒk /

•

UK / rɑk /

noun
Type of popular music with a strong, loud beat
Strong, tough person who can be relied upon
Big stone; hard, solid substance forming mountains
verb
To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
To be extremely effective or pleasing
To play, sing along with, or dance to heavy music
To move back and forth or from side to side

turn

US / tɜ:n /

•

UK / tɚn /

noun
Place where changing of direction happens
Your time or chance to perform a duty
Your chance to play or do in say a game
Unexpected change, as in the weather
verb
To become (a particular age)
To become a different quality, color, etc.
To change the direction of something, e.g. a car
To move in an opposite direction or position
To shape metal with a spinning tool

angelo

US / ˌkɒndʌk'tɪvətɪ /

•

UK / ˌkɑndʌkˈtɪvɪti /

follow

US / ˈfɔləu /

•

UK / ˈfɑlo /

verb
To come after someone; be guided by someone
To support someone, e.g. singer or comedian
To be the logical result of something
To happen after something else happens
To believe a set of values or a moral teacher
To understand something happening or being said

less

US / les /

•

UK / lɛs /

adjecitve
Smaller in amount or degree
adverb
To a smaller degree
noun
A smaller amount
preposition
With the subtraction of

park

US / pɑ:k /

•

UK / pɑ:rk /

noun
Person's name
Public green area in a town for exercise, relaxing
Field upon which a sport is played, e.g. baseball
verb
To stay still without moving
To leave your car, bike in a certain place

realistic

US / ˌri:əˈlɪstɪk /

•

UK / ˌriəˈlɪstɪk /

adjecitve
Looks or appears real; like things really are

rifle

US / ˈraɪfl /

•

UK / ˈraɪfəl /

noun
Group of soldiers armed with rifles
Long barreled gun fired from the shoulder

stubby

US / ˈstʌbi /

•

UK / ˈstʌbi /

adjecitve
(Of things) short and fat

valuable

US / ˈvæljuəbl /

•

UK / ˈvæljuəbəl, ˈvæljə- /

adjecitve
Being useful or important
Being worth a lot of money

angeles

US / ˈeɪndʒəlz /

•

UK / ˈændʒəlɪs /

deep

US / di:p /

•

UK / dip /

adjecitve
Complex and important
Extreme or intense
Going far down from the surface
Low in pitch, as a sound
adverb
At a certain distance beneath the surface

half

US / hɑ:f /

•

UK / hæf, hɑf /

adjecitve
Not complete
adverb
Partly; somewhat
noun
One of two equal periods of game time in a sport
The part you get when one is divided into two;

plant

US / plɑ:nt /

•

UK / plænt /

noun
Factory or a place where things are made
Living thing with leaves and roots growing in soil
verb
To firmly position something (in the ground)
To put seeds, flowers, trees in the ground

price

US / praɪs /

•

UK / praɪs /

noun
Person's name
Cost of something in money
verb
To determine or set the cost of something

man

US / mæn /

•

UK / mæn /

noun
Humans in general, including male and female
An adult male human being
Male who acts in a masculine way; not like a woman
verb
To control or operate (a machine); be in charge of
To operate a machine (a boat, etc.)

state

US / steɪt /

•

UK / stet /

adjecitve
Concerning region within a country
noun
Region within a country, with its own government
Situation or condition something is in
verb
To say; declare as fact

whose

US / hu:z /

•

UK / huz /

pronoun
Refers to the person who owns something

wildlife

US / ˈwaɪldlaɪf /

•

UK / ˈwaɪldˌlaɪf /

noun
All wild animals

forest

US / 'fɒrɪst /

•

UK / ˈfɔrɪst, ˈfɑr- /

noun
Large area with many trees

outside

US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /

•

UK / aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtˌsaɪd /

adverb
Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
noun
Area around or near something, such as a building
preposition
Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing

nest

US / nest /

•

UK / nɛst /

noun
Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
Things designed to fit together
Place where you feel secure; home or own room
verb
To create or live in a nest
To fit together, inside or around each other

path

US / pɑ:θ /

•

UK / pæθ, pɑθ /

noun
Method of living leading to a particular result
Track made with stones, by walking over the ground

make

US / meɪk /

•

UK / mek /

noun
Product made by a particular company; brand
verb
To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
To get to (a place) on time
To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
To create something by putting things together
To earn a certain amount of money at a job
To cause or force a person to do something
To cause something to happen or be formed

run

US / rʌn /

•

UK / rʌn /

noun
Journey between two places made by ship or car
Series of similar things or successes and failures
Act of running; exercise of running
verb
To depart or travel according to a schedule
To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
(Of an engine) to be operating
To start or use a computer program
To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
To manage or operate a business
To operate or drive something
(Of a road) to go from one place to another
To move your legs faster than walking

sixteenth

US / ˌsɪks'ti:nθ /

•

UK / sɪkˈstinθ /

noun
16th

steal

US / sti:l /

•

UK / stil /

noun
A bargain; something bought very cheaply
Act of taking the ball or a base from another
verb
To move quietly or secretly to or from a place
To secretly take something that belongs to another

bit

US / bɪt /

•

UK / bɪt /

noun
Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
Small piece of something
verb
(E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught

believe

US / bɪ'li:v /

•

UK / bɪˈliv /

verb
To think or accept that something is true
To have a particular opinion about something

display

US / dɪˈspleɪ /

•

UK / dɪˈsple /

noun
Arrangement of objects so people can see or buy
verb
(Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
To show, e.g. your feelings, thoughts; demonstrate
To put so they can be seen or be bought

country

US / ˈkʌntri /

•

UK / ˈkʌntri /

noun
An area of land that is controlled by a government
Open land that is away from towns and cities

human

US / 'hju:mən /

•

UK / ˈhjumən /

adjecitve
Concerning or characteristic of people
noun
A person; a man, woman or child

look

US / lʊk /

•

UK / lʊk /

noun
Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
The way someone, something appears to be
Act of searching for or examining something
verb
To appear to be; seem

pay

US / peɪ /

•

UK / pe /

noun
Money you receive from your job, work, etc.
verb
To give money for goods or work done
To give (attention, respect, etc.) to
To be punished or suffer for something you did
To make (a visit) to a person or place

lucrative

US / ˈlu:krətɪv /

•

UK / ˈlukrətɪv /

adjecitve
Producing a lot of money

miss

US / mɪs /

•

UK / mɪs /

noun
Action of not hitting something or someone
Form of address to unmarried girl or woman
verb
To be absent
To fail to hit something e.g. a ball
To do without something
To fail to see or sense something
To fail to understand someone's message
To be too late to ride on something e.g. train
To feel you want to see someone who is not there

red

US / red /

•

UK / rɛd /

adjecitve
Being the color of blood

smoothie

US / ˈsmu:ði /

•

UK / ˈsmuði /

noun
Someone who polite and confident, but in a insincere way
Thick smooth drink of fruit, ice cream or milk

china

US / ˈtʃaɪnə /

•

UK / ˈtʃaɪnə /

noun
A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the wo
other
High quality porcelain originally made only in China

death

US / deθ /

•

UK / dɛθ /

noun
When someone dies; the end of life

elephant

US / ˈelɪfənt /

•

UK / ˈɛləfənt /

noun
Large gray animal with a long nose and two tusks

else

US / els /

•

UK / ɛls /

adverb
Otherwise; if you fail to
(Of person place thing etc.) besides; in addition

heart

US / hɑ:t /

•

UK / hɑrt /

noun
A feeling of care for others; compassion
Courage, confidence, and emotional strength
Be cheerfully encouraging
Most essential, important, or central part
Referring to a promise or something important
State or feelings of affection or deep love
Core part of a vegetable, e.g. a lettuce
The part of the body that pumps blood
Place where emotions are believed to be felt
A shape that represents love

hotel

US / həʊ'tel /

•

UK / hoˈtɛl /

noun
Place where people can stay when traveling

huge

US / hju:dʒ /

•

UK / hjudʒ /

adjecitve
Very very large

move

US / mu:v /

•

UK / muv /

noun
Act of moving a playing piece in chess, etc.
An action; doing something
Step taken to achieve a goal
verb
To cause someone to have certain emotions
To cause something to change to a different place
To change where people live or a business operates
To take action to do or achieve something

nowhere

US / 'nəʊweə(r) /

•

UK / ˈnoˌhwɛr, -ˌwɛr /

adverb
Not in or at any place; no place

plow

US / plaʊ /

•

UK / plaʊ /

noun
Piece of farm equipment used to turn over soil
A truck or device to remove snow from a street
verb
To turn soil to prepare it for planting
To remove snow from a street with a large truck

their

US / ðɛː /

•

UK / ðer /

determiner
Belonging to them

yes

US / jes /

•

UK / jɛs /

adverb
Way to say you agree or will do something

way

US / weɪ /

•

UK / we /

adverb
Used to emphasize the amount of something
noun
Particular aspect of something being thought about
One of various choices that could be made
Particular existing condition or state
(Often long) distance or length of time
How something is done
Route to go to a place
Small street
Usual behavior, emotions or habits of someone

british

US / ˈbrɪtɪʃ /

•

UK / ˈbrɪtɪʃ /

adjecitve
Concerning the culture and people of British

build

US / bɪld /

•

UK / bɪld /

noun
Your physical shape; physique
verb
To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
To construct a house, office, factory

enclosure

US / ɪnˈkləʊʒə(r) /

•

UK / ɪnˈkloʊʒə(r) /

noun
Area surrounded by a fence

old

US / əʊld /

•

UK / old /

adjecitve
Having existed for a long time, not young or new
Age of a person since birth

sale

US / seɪl /

•

UK / sel /

noun
Event during which the prices of goods are reduced
Giving something for money; the amount sold

work

US / wɜ:k /

•

UK / wɚk /

adjecitve
Activity completed in order to make money
noun
The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
Everything created by an author, artist, musician
Activity you do in order to make money
Place of employment
Final product or result of a some labor or effort
verb
To bring into a specific state of success
To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
To do your job in your company or workplace
To make an effort to do something
To operate a machine or device

accessible

US / əkˈsesəbl /

•

UK / ækˈsɛsəbəl /

adjecitve
Able to be entered, reached or used

all

US / ɔ:l /

•

UK / ɔl /

adverb
Completely; totally
determiner
Being every one of something
pronoun
100% of something; the complete amount

chance

US / tʃɑ:ns /

•

UK / tʃæns /

adjecitve
Happening by luck; not planned
Taking a risk to try something
noun
The way something happens without planning
An opportunity; favorable circumstances, situation
The possibility that something will happen
verb
To occur just through luck; happen
To take a risk to try something

breed

US / bri:d /

•

UK / brid /

noun
Kind of / sort of
Particular kind of animal, e.g. a Labrador dog
verb
To create situations for a (bad) thing to happen
To produce baby animals of specific kinds
To have (children); bring up or raise children

everyone

US / ˈevriwʌn /

•

UK / ˈɛvriˌwʌn /

pronoun
Every person; everybody

exotic

US / ɪɡ'zɒtɪk /

•

UK / ɪɡ'zɑ:tɪk /

adjecitve
Being very different or unusual
Strange because from a different area of the world

comfortable

US / ˈkʌmftəbl /

•

UK / ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl /

adjecitve
Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
Being relaxed, warm or happy

horn

US / hɔ:n /

•

UK / hɔ:rn /

noun
Device that makes a loud warning noise
(Animals) hard pointed structure growing on heads
Material from animal antlers
Metal wind instrument

fast

US / fɑ:st /

•

UK / fæst /

adjecitve
In a way that is difficult to move or change
Moving or able to move quickly
Showing time that is later than the actual time
adverb
With a great deal of speed
noun
Period of time when a person chooses not to eat
verb
To refuse food for a long time

its

US / ɪts /

•

UK / ɪts /

adjecitve
Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
determiner
Of something; belonging or related to something
other
Possessive form of “it”

produce

US / prə'dju:s /

•

UK / prəˈdus, -ˈdjus, pro- /

noun
Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
verb
To grow something naturally
To make something appear
To manufacture something using machines
To control the making a movie or television show

refuge

US / 'refju:dʒ /

•

UK / ˈrɛfjudʒ /

noun
Somewhere you can find safety or hide

top

US / tɒp /

•

UK / tɑp /

adjecitve
Being good or great; excellent
Being the most in degree or quality
noun
Item of clothing covering shoulders to waist, hips
A cover or lid
Part (e.g. road) that is the furthest away
Highest or upper part or point of something
Best or highest status or position
Flat upper surface or edge of an object
Child's toy that spins on its point
Upper section or leaves of fruits and vegetables
Winning in a sport or contest
verb
To be higher or larger than a specific value
To arrive at the highest point of something
To put a cover or layer or over something
To kill; murder
To hold the highest position on a list
To be more important, successful or better than
To beat someone or win at a game

who

US / hu: /

•

UK / hu /

pronoun
Which person
Used to introduce information about people

undesirable

US / /

•

UK / /

adjecitve
Being unwanted or harmful

wipe

US / waɪp /

•

UK / waɪp /

noun
Act to clean or dry something with a cloth
verb
To clean or dry something with a cloth
To spread a liquid on something

cup

US / kʌp /

•

UK / kʌp /

noun
Small round container used for drinking
Silver trophy teams compete to win
Unit of measurement for foods or liquids
verb
To make the shape of a bowl with your hands

helmet

US / 'helmɪt /

•

UK / ˈhɛlmɪt /

noun
Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers

drill

US / drɪl /

•

UK / drɪl /

noun
A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
Exercise done to learn military skills
Disciplined practice, as of soldiers marching
verb
To make a deep hole to find oil, gas etc.
To put a hole in something by using a boring tool
To train in something through repetition

medicine

US / ˈmedsn /

•

UK / ˈmɛdɪsɪn /

noun
Something used in treating illness or pain
Science of preventing, treating, or curing disease

personally

US / ˈpɜ:sənəli /

•

UK / ˈpəsənəli /

adverb
By a specific person, and not by anyone else
Knowing someone as a friend, or closely

police

US / pəˈli:s /

•

UK / pəˈlis /

adjecitve
Concerning the police and its business
noun
People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
verb
To control an area, or group with a police force

show

US / ʃəʊ /

•

UK / ʃo /

noun
False display of love, emotion or action
An event for displaying or promoting goods
Play, opera or theater production
Presentation that is broadcast on TV or radio
verb
To be easily seen or displayed
To display your emotions or feelings
To let someone see something; display
To explain or teach how something is done
To lead someone somewhere; point them to something
To prove something to be true, correct
To reveal or allow something to be seen

dollar

US / ˈdɒlə(r) /

•

UK / ˈdɑ:lə(r) /

noun
A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent

largely

US / ˈlɑ:dʒli /

•

UK / ˈlɑ:rdʒli /

adverb
In large part; mainly or chiefly

mountain

US / 'maʊntən /

•

UK / ˈmaʊntən /

noun
Very high piece of land, higher than a hill

payoff

US / 'peɪɔ:f /

•

UK / ˈpeˌɔf, -ˌɑf /

noun
Final payment of a debt

painful

US / ˈpeɪnfl /

•

UK / ˈpenfəl /

adjecitve
Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt

male

US / meɪl /

•

UK / ˈmel /

adjecitve
Characteristic of boys or men
noun
A member of the sex that fertilizes eggs

smuggle

US / ˈsmʌgl /

•

UK / ˈsmʌɡəl /

verb
To illegally bring goods/people into a place
To bring something/someone into a place secretly

they

US / ðeɪ /

•

UK / ðe /

pronoun
Two or more people, animals, or things

very

US / 'verɪ /

•

UK / ˈvɛri /

adjecitve
Concerning a large degree or amount
adverb
A lot; much; many
Used to stress or emphasize a noun

yep

US / jep /

•

UK / jɛp /

noun
Another way of saying 'yes'

list

US / lɪst /

•

UK / lɪst /

noun
Lean of a boat to one side
Series of written names, words or numbers
verb
To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
To present for sale for a specific price
To write a series of names, words, or numbers

log

US / lɒg /

•

UK / lɔ:g /

noun
Detailed account of events and progress on journey
Piece of a tree that has fallen or been cut
verb
To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
To leave a website or computer account
To record something in an official account
To cut trees down and take the wood to use it

rob

US / rɒb /

•

UK / rɑb /

noun
Person's name
verb
To steal money or property from (bank or person)
To prevent from getting something deserved

several

US / ˈsevrəl /

•

UK / ˈsɛvərəl,ˈsɛvrəl /

adjecitve
Many of
pronoun
More than two but not a large amount

bring

US / brɪŋ /

•

UK / brɪŋ /

verb
To take or go with someone to a place

poacher

US / 'pəʊtʃə(r) /

•

UK / ˈpotʃɚ /

noun
Someone who hunts or fishes on prohibited land

scrub

US / skrʌb /

•

UK / skrʌb /

noun
Act of cleaning with hard rubbing
verb
To clean with hard rubbing

take

US / teɪk /

•

UK / tek /

noun
Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
verb
To accept something that is offered
To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
To use a camera to make (a photo)
To pick up something and go away with it
To study a subject in school
To attempt to pass (an exam)
To require a certain amount of time, money, space

bone

US / bəʊn /

•

UK / bon /

noun
Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
verb
To remove bones from meat or fish

compare

US / kəm'peə(r) /

•

UK / kəmˈpɛr /

verb
To consider how similar and different things are

involve

US / ɪn'vɒlv /

•

UK / ɪnˈvɑlv /

verb
To have or be included as a part of something

luck

US / lʌk /

•

UK / lʌk /

noun
Accidental way things happen, often good things

pick

US / pɪk /

•

UK / pɪk /

noun
Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
Item selected from a group of choices
verb
To take fruit or vegetables from a plant or tree
To decide on a thing from various choices; select
To remove (flower, etc.) with your fingers

really

US / ˈri:əli /

•

UK / ˈriəˌli, ˈrili /

adverb
Used to stress something that is said; definitely
In a true or accurate manner
Very

would

US / wʊd /

•

UK / wʊd /

other
Used to indicate something imagined
Used to ask or request something politely
Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
Used to indicate a preference
Used to indicate a reaction
Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

against

US / əˈgenst /

•

UK / əˈɡenst /

preposition
In physical contact with, as for support; next to
In opposition to; disagreeing with

friend

US / frend /

•

UK / frɛnd /

noun
Person who you like and enjoy being with

law

US / lɔ: /

•

UK / lɔ /

noun
Field of study that relates to the legal profession
A rule made and enforced by a government
System or rules made by the government

measure

US / ˈmeʒə(r) /

•

UK / ˈmɛʒɚ /

noun
Plan to achieve a desired result
Tool used to calculate the size of something
verb
To determine the value or importance of something
To calculate size, weight or temperature of

now

US / naʊ /

•

UK / naʊ /

adverb
At the present time or moment
Right away or in the next possible moment
Used to refer to something that just happened
Time between the present and a moment in the past
conjunction
Resulting from or because of something

planet

US / 'plænɪt /

•

UK / ˈplænɪt /

noun
One of the bodies that orbit the sun

sight

US / saɪt /

•

UK / saɪt /

noun
Things or people that one can see
Range or distance that someone can see
Famous places often visited by tourists
Sense that allows you to see
Act of seeing someone or something
verb
To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
To see something rare or unusual

wire

US / 'waɪə(r) /

•

UK / waɪr /

noun
Thin, flexible thread of metal
Thin string of metal used to carry electricity
Act of sending a message by telegraph
verb
To connect two or more things together with cable
To send money to someone electronically
To send or send word to by telegraph

food

US / fu:d /

•

UK / fud /

noun
What people and animals eat to live
Things taken in by plants to maintain life
A particular style or type of cooking, e.g. Asian

frustrating

US / frʌˈstreɪtɪŋ /

•

UK / frʌˈstretɪŋ /

adjecitve
Annoying because things don't go the way you want
verb
To make annoyed because things don't go well

color

US / 'kʌlə(r) /

•

UK / ˈkʌlɚ /

noun
Quality of things you can see, e.g. red, blue
Pink or red in your face, e.g. after being ill
The shade of someone's skin e.g. black, or yellow
verb
To change or affect someone's opinion
To make something colorful using colored pencils

incredibly

US / ɪnˈkredəbli /

•

UK / ɪnˈkrɛdəblɪ /

adverb
To a great degree; very; amazingly

our

US / 'aʊə(r) /

•

UK / aʊr /

determiner
Belonging to us

not

US / nɒt /

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UK / nɑt /

adverb
Word indicating the negative
(Used to form the negative of verbs)

maybe

US / ˈmeɪbi /

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UK / ˈmebi /

adverb
Possibly but not certainly; perhaps

whole

US / həul /

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UK / hol /

adjecitve
Complete or full; all of
Being in a good condition
noun
Complete amount or sum; total

seventy

US / ˈsevnti /

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UK / ˈsɛvənti /

number
70

shark

US / ʃɑ:k /

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UK / ʃɑ:rk /

noun
Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
Large and dangerous fish with sharp teeth

business

US / ˈbɪznəs /

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UK / ˈbɪznɪs /

noun
A company formed for making profit
Matter that has to be dealt with; task; situation
Activity of working to make a profit

whether

US / ˈweðə(r) /

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UK / ˈhwɛðɚ, ˈwɛð- /

conjunction
If something will happen or not

wide

US / waɪd /

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UK / waɪd /

adjecitve
Having a great distance from one side to the other
adverb
Fully; completely

surprise

US / səˈpraɪz /

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UK / sərˈpraɪz /

adjecitve
That surprises you; not expected
noun
Something unexpected that slightly shocks you
verb
To do something that another person didn't expect

can

US / kæn /

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UK / kən,kæn /

noun
A metal container for storing food
other
Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
verb
To have permission to
To be possible to do
To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

heritage

US / 'herɪtɪdʒ /

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UK / ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ /

noun
Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture

towards

US / tə'wɔ:dz /

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UK / 'təuədz, twɔ:dz /

preposition
In the direction of someone or something

child

US / tʃaɪld /

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UK / tʃaɪld /

noun
A very young person, between about 2 and 15

flower

US / ˈflaʊə(r) /

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UK / ˈflaʊɚ /

noun
Plant with a pretty head, e.g. a rose
verb
(Of flowers) to emerge into full shape; to bloom
To develop successfully or fully

dream

US / dri:m /

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UK / drim /

noun
A wish or hope for something to happen
Imagination or image of something you want
Images, thoughts, feelings experienced when asleep
verb
To wish for something to happen
To experience thoughts, images while asleep

horrible

US / ˈhɒrəbl /

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UK / ˈhɔrəbəl, ˈhɑr- /

adjecitve
Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear

insatiable

US / ɪnˈseɪʃəbl /

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UK / ɪnˈseʃəbəl, -ʃiə- /

adjecitve
Not satisfied with a normal amount

liver

US / ˈlɪvə(r) /

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UK / ˈlɪvɚ /

noun
Organ from animals served as food
Organ that absorbs food and cleans the blood

slow

US / sləʊ /

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UK / sloʊ /

adjecitve
Lacking activity, busyness or excitement
(Clock) showing time earlier than the actual time
Having difficulty understanding simple things
Moving or happening without speed; not fast
verb
To move, with less speed than before
To move or go without much speed

tiny

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UK / ˈtaɪni /

adjecitve
Very, very small

save

US / seɪv /

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UK / sev /

noun
Preventing a player in a game from scoring a goal
preposition
Except; not including
verb
To make your computer keep a file
To keep for future use
To make something unnecessary; prevent
To keep money so that you will have it later
To keep something for future use, such as money
To keep or rescue someone or something from harm
To prevent a player in a game from scoring a goal
To avoid the unnecessary waste of energy, etc.

vanish

US / 'vænɪʃ /

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UK / ˈvænɪʃ /

verb
To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way

africa

US / 'æfrɪkə /

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UK / ˈæfrɪkə /

noun
Continent between the Atlantic and Indian oceans

yet

US / jet /

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UK / jɛt /

adverb
At a later time (used after ‘not’)
(Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
Eventually; at a future time
Until now; up to the present
conjunction
Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast

want

US / wɔnt /

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UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /

noun
Something you desire or wish for
State or condition of poverty
verb
To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

automatic

US / ˌɔ:tə'mætɪk /

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UK / ˌɔtəˈmætɪk /

adjecitve
Done without conscious thought
Operating by itself, without an operator
noun
Car that is able to change gears by itself

boom

US / bu:m /

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UK / bum /

noun
Very fast increase in growth or popularity
A very loud and deep sound
verb
To experience a rapid increase in growth
To make a very loud and deep sound

but

US / bət /

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UK / bʌt,bət /

conjunction
Used before you say something different, opposite

cut

US / kʌt /

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UK / kʌt /

noun
Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
Small opening made using a sharp object, knife
A wound on someone's skin caused by a sharp object
verb
To reduce the size or amount of something
To use knife or scissors to divide, open surfaces

fifty

US / 'fɪftɪ /

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UK / ˈfɪfti /

number
50

give

US / ɡɪv /

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UK / ɡɪv /

noun
Degree of flexibility in something, a material
verb
To hand over or present something to someone
To cause someone to have or experience something

good

US / ɡʊd /

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UK / ɡʊd /

adjecitve
Proper, appropriate or right
(Of an amount) enough; plenty
Excellent; high quality
Acting well or properly; of moral character
In a positive or happy emotional state
noun
Advantage or benefit

hatch

US / hætʃ /

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UK / hætʃ /

noun
Door or covering to an opening in boat's deck
other
To be born or come out from an egg
verb
To be born or come out from an egg
To produce or create an idea or plan secretly

life

US / laɪf /

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UK / laɪf /

noun
All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
Period of time things live, from birth to death

security

US / sɪ'kjʊərətɪ /

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UK / sɪˈkjʊrɪtisə'kjurətɪ /

noun
Department in a company in charge of protection
Financial document, like stocks, bonds and notes
Person paid to protect property and people
Things done to protect people, buildings etc.
Condition of being safe from danger or harm

plain

US / pleɪn /

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UK / plen /

adjecitve
Obvious; clearly so, true
Very simple, ordinary; not decorated; not striped
noun
Wide open area of flat, dry land

research

US / rɪ'sɜ:tʃ /

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UK / rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ /

noun
Study done to discover new ideas and facts
Work done to find or discover knowledge
verb
To study in order to discover new ideas and facts

river

US / ˈrɪvə(r) /

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UK / ˈrɪvɚ /

noun
Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea

vastly

US / ˈvɑ:stli /

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UK / ˈvæstli /

adverb
To an exceedingly great extent or degree

Subtitles section

Sixty Minutes Rewind.

Not since the dinosaurs disappeared

have animals been going extinct as fast as they are now,

Entire species vanish every year.

And while our hearts are moved by the plight of the biggest

whales or elephants, the fiercest

tigers, even sharks, and certainly the cutest

like pandas,

What about the slowest?

The turtle and its land loving cousin

the tortoise, have been plodding along

slow and steady, for more than two hundred million years.

But, their hard shells are little protection from human predators

and a booming illegal animal trade,

It may be too late to save many of them

but as we reported last December

they have found an unlikely protector in a man named Eric Goode,

Some of New York City's hottest hotels

restaurants and bars are owned by Eric Good.

That's made him rich, and comfortable with the glitterati

and fashionistas,

But behind the scenes

he caters to a far less glamorous clientele.

endangered turtles and tortoises.

How did the whole interest

if not obsession, with turtles and tortoises begin?

As a child at six, I was given a small Herman's tortoise.

And that created a budding interest in the natural world

and in reptiles, and snakes

and lizards, and in my hard shelled friends

that I just fell in love with,

And so it was a progression.

It's an obsession that takes him

as far from the glitz of the New York scene as imaginable,

He wades through swamps

turns over rocks, wrangles exotic snakes

and other reptiles as he searches for his first love,

What a beautiful tortoise.

This is our first Samobates tentorius trimenni.

Turtles and tortoises trace back before the dinosaurs

but now today, about half of the over three hundred species are headed toward extinction

largely because of habitat loss and an insatiable market for them

particularly in Asia, as food

medicine, rare collector's items

and pets

How big a business is the turtle tortoise trade?

China alone, is probably in the hundreds of millions of dollars,

This trade flourishes because the payoff is huge and

the chance of getting prosecuted and incarcerated are very low,

If you're gonna be in something illicit

this is the safest or one of the safest.

And that's a tragedy.

Eric Good is spending a million dollars a year of his own money to fight the trade in places like Madagascar

an island off the coast of Africa

that's vastly undeveloped,

People are so poor.

Some of these villages make less than a dollar a day

or it's basically subsistence living,

And there just simply isn't the political will of the country to really enforce what's going on with their natural heritage

whether it's tortoises or other wildlife,

Fly over Madagascar, and you can see why conservationists say it's bleeding to death,

Rivers run red with soil erosion from logging

and slash, and burn agriculture that have wiped out animal habitats

and ninety percent of the country's forests,

And yet, because of its isolation

Madagascar is a paradise of plants and animals found nowhere else

like the wide eyed lemurs

chameleons that sparkle with color

geckos that hide in plain sight,

more than two hundred kinds of frogs

and five species of rare turtles and tortoises.

Eric was taking us on a trek to find the fastest disappearing animal in Madagascar

the plowshare tortoise

whose shrinking habitat is so deep in the wilderness

it's only accessible by boat,

This tortoise is one of the world's most endangered animals.

It is the world's most endangered tortoise

and it has an incredibly high price on its head.

Asian countries love gold, and this is a gold tortoise.

And so, literally, these are like gold bricks that one can pick up

and sell,

We were following the path the poachers take

landing on a deserted beach.

And off we went on a long hike.

We walk through scrub brush in blazing heat for almost an hour,

The sun starts to go up too high, they just disappear.

The once plentiful plowshare population here

he says, could be down to as few as three hundred adults.

And this is where the guards are based.

Good has helped hire around forty locals to go out and find the tortoises before the poachers do,

We have to be on a team of many people.

Different lines, thirty feet apart.

Yes.

All right, let's go.

We lined up the way police do

when they search for a missing person,

And by midday, with a lot of help, we got lucky.

They found one.

Oh, look at that.

How did you ever find that?

Wow, it's a beautiful female.

So this is just a perfect, perfect female.

Now this tortoise is a crown jewel.

This is a beautiful animal.

Look at her.

And you see this incredible domed shell that's unique with this tortoise.

No turtle has this shell, like an army helmet.

This is a very, very valuable tortoise.

Based on his own research

Good says, a tortoise like this

could sell for sixty thousand dollars in Asia,

To try and stop the trafficking

he and his colleagues have begun doing the unthinkable.

It's a drill.

Oh my God.

Yeah.

He has to be very careful not to hit the bone because

then we'll draw blood,

So he's going just that very carefully

sixteenth of an inch into the shell.

they want to leave an indelible gash

a scar, that makes the tortoises undesirable to collectors.

I have to tell you, watching Angelo do this, it's painful.

It is painful to watch.

Yeah, no, it's very hard.

But, I think we're at a point where we're down to so few animals

there's so few of these tortoises left

that we have to really take extreme measures,

Scarring the shells of these animals

defacing them, etching.

Is that working?

Can you tell yet?

It's too soon to know if that's working.

It breaks your heart to have to do that to this beautiful

beautiful shell.

I mean, you can compare it maybe to chainsawing off a rhinoceros's horn to save a rhino,

I mean, how horrible is that?

To show us what he's up against

Eric took us to a market in a small city called Mahajunga

where we saw, with our hidden camera

shells of endangered tortoises out in the open

on display for sale.

And soon we were being offered live tortoises.

What is this?

This is a..., This is a spider tortoise from southern Madagascar.

This is critically endangered

and the Chinese sometimes just puncture the shell

just to eat the liver out of this tortoise,

One of the vendors showed up

with something in a plastic bag,

What is it?

It was a radiated tortoise on the endangered species list

asking price just four hundred dollars.

We were even offered a plowshare tortoise

if we paid up front, and waited several days,

But that would have meant breaking Madagascar and international laws against smuggling an endangered animal,

How hard was it for you to not take that tortoise and save its life?

If you leave it behind

who knows where it's going to end up?

It's incredibly frustrating.

This animal is from such a tiny geography

you'd think you could wall it in and protect it.

There is one place in Madagascar that is trying to wall them in and protect them

behind locks and razor wire,

This national park deep in a forest.

Are these automatic rifles?

They certainly are, yeah.

Richard Lewis is with the British conservation group Durell

which runs this refuge and breeding center.

Be careful of the youngsters here.

Yeah, just be careful.

Oh, here's some.

Watch where you step and then come on over.

These are all adult males.

Look at them.

Do you know how old they are?

This could be fifty years old

a hundred years old, a hundred and fifty

two hundred years old.

I mean, this is the longest lived animal on the planet.

Their longevity is one of the reasons they're so valuable.

Asian collectors believe owning one confers long life on them,

The black market trade is now so lucrative that crime syndicates are involved,

The center was robbed in the late nineteen nineties

in what was called one of the heists of the century,

So people actually broke into this compound

the breeding center, with all the security and stole

Seventy five youngsters and two adults.

They still, at that moment in time

it was half of the youngsters we'd ever bred.

Since then, with the help of Eric Good

the population of plowshares here has rebounded.

This is the female enclosure.

These girls are responsible for producing three hundred offspring,

Three hundred animals that you're looking at in this entire enclosure,

Very few people have ever seen them actually produce offspring

even here,

But as we were just about to leave

one of the females wandered off

and to everyone's surprise

began to dig a nest for laying eggs.

Richard, have you ever seen this before?

No.

You have never seen it?

No, me personally, no.

It's the luck of the draw, as it were.

Being a tortoise, the work was very slow and very plodding.

Yeah, it's remarkable.

You think those legs are just these stubby

elephantine feet, but they're very good at cupping the soil

digging this incredible little hole.

Yeah, and she could be, what, sixty, seventy years old?

Yeah, a hundred years old.

It took her almost an hour, and then... Oh, there's the egg.

Oh, my God.

Is she going to do another one?

Yep, yep.

Oh, there it goes.

There it goes.

Number two.

this is what you work for.

And even more so when the little tortoise

when the hatchling comes out

it is, you feel like you've broken a secret code.

Good wants to emulate this kind of success back in the United States

with not just plow shares

but dozens of other species,

He has his own breeding center in the mountains outside of Los Angeles

that he began with a hundred fifty turtles and tortoises given to him for safekeeping by the Bronx Zoo,

They were trucked across the United States

and they were the first guests in my tortoise hotel,

Each species is pampered like a guest at one of Good's hotels

with fresh cut flowers

salad greens, and a tortoise smoothie blended with organic milk,

Each species needs a different ecosystem.

Like this tortoise, for example

is from Burma, and this is biologically extinct in the wild.

And these guys need to be kept warm and very high humidity.

He now has six hundred eighty animals

from thirty endangered species,

This is a turtle from India and Bangladesh

maybe a little bit into Pakistan.

and these turtles that elsewhere would be on the menu.

It's called the golden coin turtle

probably one of the top of the most endangered turtles in the world,

And young Galapagos tortoises that'll grow to four hundred pounds,

These were bred in Texas at a zoo

and they've been raised here,

Don't come for my toes.

But, Eric Goode says, he doesn't want any of his guests to stay too long,

Ideally, we'd like to send these animals back to the wild.

Why would you send them back?

There's no protection for them back in the wild.

It may be too soon to send a lot of them back.

And can you?

I mean, let's be realistic.

I don't know yet, but I think it's important to show that we're not just bringing animals into captivity

and keeping them there forever,

For now, he's fulfilling his dream by protecting eleven plow shares

and trying to breed more,

Last year, he hatched two hundred fifty other tortoises and turtles,

Eric Good is like Noah

building a safe haven for

in some cases, the last of these animals on Earth.