Vocabulary

• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• circle back: To return to a previous topic or point in conversation.
• have to: Must do
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• parachute: To drop supplies from a plane via parachute
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• land: Region or country
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• fasten: To attach things by pinning, tying, or nailing
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• evade: To avoid being captured; avoid answering
• come: To arrive at a place
• outrun: To run faster than
• outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• coffin: Wooden box in which a dead body is put
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• dagger: Small knife, e.g. that can be concealed
• rooster: Adult male chicken
• phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
• playback: Act of reproducing recorded sound
• maverick: Person who does not like to follow the rules
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• savior: Person who saves someone or something from danger
• ejection: Making a disk, etc. come out of a machine
• ammo: Shortened form of 'ammunition'
• hangman: Executioner who hangs the condemned person