Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• take it easy
• settle down: To become calm and relaxed after not being so
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• give it up: To stop trying to do something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• without me: Not including me; excluding me.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• dude: Form of address for a man
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• mend: To repair or put into good shape or working order
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• mascot: Object, person or animal used to represent a team
• clutch: To hold strongly in your hand
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• treacherous: Dangerously unstable and unpredictable
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
• stain: A mark or unwanted spot / thing
• waffle: Batter cooked in a hot iron, as with crisscrosses
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• toothpaste: A paste used for cleaning teeth
• hive: Place that has a lot of activity in it
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• frost: To form ice on the surfaces in cold weather
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• pointless: Being without a purpose or meaning
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• pepperoni: Pork and beef sausage
• mint: Candies with the taste of mint
• long: Person's name
• mammoth: Large extinct animal resembling a hairy elephant
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly