Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• pay up: To pay money that you owe
• count down: To say numbers in order from say 10 to 1
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• account: An advantage
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
• masculine: Having the characteristics associated with males
• imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
• pat: Person's name
• dummy: Being a cover for or serving as a front for
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• catchy: Being easy to like, remember (of songs)
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• gravy: Brown sauce made from meat juices when cooking
• part: Division of a book
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• come: To arrive at a place
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• castle: Large defensive building in historical times
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• geek: Socially awkward person, who knows about computers
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• strife: Conflict or discord
• bass: Type of fish
• dragon: Imaginary creatures that breathe fire
• savior: Person who saves someone or something from danger
• doughnut: Piece of sweet, fried bread shaped like a ring
• thou: An old-fashioned word for you
• crabby: Annoyed and irritable
• hind: Concerning the rear or back part of animals
• scrooge: A mean ungenerous person
• squire: Gentleman landowner in Britain in former times