Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• root for: To support a sports team
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• decide on: To choose something, especially after thinking carefully about several possibilities
• nice try: Said when someone has made a good attempt at something but has not succeeded.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• deal with
• in the lead: Being ahead of others in a competition or race.
• end in: To have something as the final result.
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• option: A choice
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• piece: A counter in a board game
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• point: An item to be discussed
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• dope: Someone you think it stupid or a fool
• breath: Air you take in and out of your body
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• conclude: To finish or cause to finish; end
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
• envelope: Paper cover you put around a letter to mail it
• funnel: to send something directly and intentionally.
• beam: To send out information, signals, or light
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• contestant: Person who participates in a competition
• munch: Sound made when eating something quickly or loudly
• straighten: To make or become straight
• radio: System of sending/receiving signals through air
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers