Vocabulary

• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• on time
• on the count of: Because of; due to a particular reason or cause.
• hell yeah: An enthusiastic expression of agreement or approval.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
• person: Man, woman or child
• submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• fix: Answer to a problem
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• envelope: Paper cover you put around a letter to mail it
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• vitality: Quality of having energy and life
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• happen: To take place or occur
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• youth: Being young; time when you are young
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• gambling: Act of betting money on events
• maid: Female servant in a house or hotel
• navy: Very dark shade of blue
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• horse: Large animal with 4 legs used for riding
• timer: Device measure the amount of time that has gone by
• lion: Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
• civilize: To teach people how to behave properly
• whew: Sound people make when they are relieved