Vocabulary

• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• think over: To consider a problem or issue carefully
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• dead against: To be completely opposed to something.
• deal with
• have to: Must do
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• follow on: To happen as a result of something.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• check out
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• brew: A beer; a drink of beer
• factor: Something that influences a result
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• couple: To join something to something else
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• broad: General; not detailed
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• defense: Argument in support of something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• great: Very good; better than before
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• deep: Complex and important
• indefinitely: Without limit or end
• part: Division of a book
• perimeter: Outline or border; outer edge
• clot: Mass of blood, etc. that has dried up/become thick
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• stew: To cook meat or vegetables in hot water
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• dame: Title of respect given to a woman
• playoff: Contest to determine which team goes to the final