Vocabulary

• on schedule: According to the timetable; not delayed.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• picked it up: To acquire or obtain something.
• go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
• dispose of: To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• have to: Must do
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• on the rails: Back on track or properly operating as planned.
• slightly: Only a little
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• cruise: To easily achieve
• afford: To make available, to provide
• financial: Involving money
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• hangover: Ill feeling from drinking too much alcohol
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• trend: Current style or fashion
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• quarter: 25 cents
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• business: A company formed for making profit
• dispose: To get rid of by throwing away
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
• whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• mushy: Excessively or insincerely emotional
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• bankrupt: Unable to pay debts
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• growl: To utter a deep sound of anger or hostility
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• cannon: Large wheeled gun that fires heavy metal balls
• shareholder: Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
• incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• ding: Dent in a car, etc. caused by being hit
• charade: Act put on to make situation seem better
• clang: To make or cause a loud ringing sound from a bell
• clank: To make a short loud sound by a metal object
• coo: To make a low, soft cry, like a dove
• oooh: Sound people make when they make a mistake
• momma: A mother
• dong: Basic unit of money in Vietnam