Vocabulary

• set up
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the radar: Being noticed or tracked; within someone's awareness or attention.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• gear up: To prepare for an activity or event.
• take good care: To look after someone or something well; ensure their well-being.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• without a trace: Leaving no sign or evidence of having been present.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• without coffee: In the absence of coffee or caffeine beverage.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• get on it: To start working on a task or action promptly.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• help out: To assist someone
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• personal touch: A unique, individual element added to something to make it more personal and special.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• improve on: To make something better than it was before.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• bring back: To cause to remember
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• lounge: Long, extended chair to sit or lie down on
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• assist: To help
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• announce: To make a public statement about a plan, decision
• dispatch: To send (people or objects) somewhere
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• afterward: Happening after something else happened
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind