Vocabulary

• compete in: To take part in a contest or competition.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in succession: Following one after the other without interruption.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• have to: Must do
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• from beginning to end: Throughout the entire time or process; completely.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• simultaneously: At the same time; all together
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• intuitive: Able to understand by feeling rather than fact
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• favor: Support or approval from people
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• option: A choice
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• outright: In a complete manner; totally
• nefarious: Extremely wicked
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• fully: Completely or entirely
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• arena: Place to watch sports, performances, entertainment
• mutually: So as to be shared by two or more people/things
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• succession: Act of officially taking over someone's position
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• summon: To order someone to come, e.g. to a court of law
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• referee: Sports official who makes sure rules are followed
• disk: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data