Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• set up
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• cap on: An upper limit or restriction on something, such as spending or quantity.
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
• no go: A failure; something that does not proceed as planned.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• bang on: Exactly (used with numbers, time, for emphasis)
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• check out
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• make up: To invent or create a story
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• material: Cloth; fabric
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• performance: Act of doing something
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• leave: To go away from; depart
• gauge: A tool used to measure things
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• grit: Strong determination
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• thrust: To move (e.g. a knife) forcefully towards someone
• spray: To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
• piece: A counter in a board game
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• clutch: To hold strongly in your hand
• point: An item to be discussed
• rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
• lap: (Of water) to move in a gentle repeated motion
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pat: Person's name
• dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• funky: Offbeat; fashionable
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
• crank: Device for turning
• snug: Warm and comfortable; cozy, as in a small room
• pry: To try to find out about others' private business
• clamp: Something used to fasten two things together
• screwdriver: Cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
• thou: An old-fashioned word for you
• torque: Turning or twisting force
• sandpaper: Paper with glued sand used for smoothing wood
• toolbox: Box, chest or cabinet for holding hand tools