Vocabulary

• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• on the double: Very quickly; immediately
• on a roll: Experiencing a period of success or good luck.
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• up the river: Sent to prison or in serious trouble.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• next to: Being located along side another
• get trapped in: To become confined in a place and unable to escape.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• on the case: Actively investigating or working on a particular problem or situation.
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• head out: To leave a place; depart
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• play around: To cheat on your partner romantically
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• dude: Form of address for a man
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• blow: To move something using air
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• tummy: Stomach or belly
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• fidget: to make continuous, small movements because you are nervous or bored
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• paw: Foot of an animal that has claws like a dog or cat
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• rubble: Rough, broken stones from destroyed building
• hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• lookout: Person who keeps watch, e.g. for an enemy
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• tool: Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• stoke: To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
• locate: To find exactly where something is positioned
• net: Remaining amount after something is taken away
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
• newborn: Having just/recently arisen or come into existence
• buoy: (Often official) floating marker in water or sea
• flipper: Flat broad limb of fish used for swimming
• ruff: Frilled collar worn in the 16th century
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
• fireman: Male firefighter