Vocabulary

• ring in: To call by telephone.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• sizzle: A hissing sound of something burning or frying
• corpse: A dead body
• reindeer: Large type of deer, associated with Christmas
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• host: Mass; a great number
• fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
• coal: Dark hard substance from the earth burnt as a fuel
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
• nut: Metal ring screwed onto a bolt
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• giggle: To laugh in a childish or silly way
• overdue: Past the date you should do something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• sigh: Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• cheer: Feeling of happiness or optimism
• dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
• merrily: In a happy cheerful manner
• gate: Place in a fence which can be opened or closed
• bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
• sugar: Substance which the body stores or uses for energy
• snort: To force air noisily through the nose
• excite: To make something or someone become more active
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• ballroom: Large room used mainly for dancing
• nicely: In a pleasing way; in a polite way
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt