| to encounter | to meet someone |
| to wear out | to damage as an effect of intense usage |
| to bend | to curve |
| to scrape | to remove top layer from sth |
| to rub | to press and and move backwards and forwards |
| fracture | the state when a bone is broken |
| resistant to | not wanting to accept something |
| suture | a stitch used to sew up a cut |
| to bear | to carry something |
| to dissolve | to be absorbed by a liquid |
| solute | a substance that has been dissolved in another substance |
| saturation | amount of substance in solution |
| solubility | a quality a substance has of being able to dissolve in another substance |