Vocabulary

• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• turn on
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• got to: To arrive at some place
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• get down on: To criticize or disapprove of someone or something.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• push away: To move someone or something away from you by pushing.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• on all-fours: Position with hands and knees on the ground.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• kick out: To force to leave because of poor grades, behavior
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• steer: A cow
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• squat: To illegally live on anothers property or land
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• cramp: Sharp, unexpected pain when a muscle becomes tight
• hip: The upper part of Leg
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• point: An item to be discussed
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• reciprocal: Equal and meeting the needs of both sides
• mobility: Ability to move
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• heel: Back or end part of something
• internally: On or from the inside
• bandage: Cloth or wrapping used to cover a wound
• lateral: On the side; moving sideways
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• activation: Act of making something (e.g. a bomb) active
• posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
• wobble: To be indecisive; hesitate
• hinge: To be dependent on or caused by
• quad: Four-sided enclosure surrounded by buildings
• externally: On or from the outside
• goblet: Large wine glass with a tall stem
• teeter: To stand or walk moving from side to side
• slingshot: Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• hamstring: Great tendon behind the leg and below the buttocks
• airplane: A machine that flies through the air
• torque: Turning or twisting force