Vocabulary

• lock up: To imprison someone.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• spot: A certain place or area
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• curb: Anything that restrains or controls
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• replace: To use instead of something else
• lap: (Of water) to move in a gentle repeated motion
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• rookie: New to doing something; beginner
• less: Smaller in amount or degree
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• blossom: Flower from a tree, often one appearing in spring
• vacant: Having no fixtures, furniture, or inhabitants
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• inch: 1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
• gravel: Very small pieces of rock often used to make paths
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
• amuse: To make someone laugh by entertaining them
• seat: To have seats available for a number of people
• championship: Sports competition to find the best player or team
• teammate: Fellow member of a team
• slotting: To put something in a small narrow opening
• oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
• lance: Weapon like a spear carried by knights in jousts