Chapter 5: Swimming with the Fishes
Chapter 5: Swimming with the Fishes review for 400 Reading & Vocabulary ESL class at UC Davis Extension.
Terms
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- conservation
- the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
- heart
- the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs
- to hold (a competition)
- organize or be responsible for
- lap
- a complete circle around something; two lengths of a swimming pool
- spiritual
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- fit
- physically and mentally sound or healthy
- lungs
- either of the two main organs of respiration
- competition
- the act of competing as for profit or a prize
- sake
- a reason for wanting something done, e.g. he helped his friend for his friend's sake
- vital
- performing an essential function in the living body
- pastime
- a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
- dolphin
- any of various small toothed whales with a beak like snout
- to float
- to be afloat
- activism
- a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
- to hold one's breath
- to cease or stop breathing temporarily
- freediver
- a person who dives while holding one's breath
- snorkeling
- swimming near the surface of the water and breathing through a tube
- bond
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- liver
- large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity
- mammal
- a warm-blooded vertebrate animal with hair or fur and females produce milk to feed their young
- to occur to someone
- to be understood by someone; come to one's mind
- whale
- any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
- to raise
- to bring up (a family)
- to call attention
- to point out carefully and clearly
- unique
- highly unusual or rare but not the single instance
- to take precautions
- to plan for safety
- buddy
- A close friend or working companion
- organ
- part of the body (heart, liver, kidney, etc.) with a special job to do.
- to immerse
- to cover completely with something
- mentally
- in your mind, e.g. he suffered mentally