Vocabulary

• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• heading home: Going towards one's home.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• compete in: To take part in a contest or competition.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• ubiquitous: Found everywhere; found in many places
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• trophy: Prize given to the winner of a competition
• sore: An open or raised painful spot on the skin
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• sue: Person's name
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• incorrect: Being wrong or inaccurate
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• foresight: Prudence or ability to foresee future happenings
• befriend: To make a friend of someone
• nah: Way of saying 'No'
• bee: Gathering to perform activities and tasks together
• midwest: North central region of the United States