Vocabulary

• knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
• fall by the wayside: To fail to continue or be abandoned before success.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• go on: To continue doing something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• goes well: To happen in the way desired
• going on: To continue doing something
• go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
• at the end of the rainbow: Refers to an impossible or fanciful goal or hope.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• fly out: To leave a place by airplane.
• throw out: To make someone leave, because of bad behavior
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• have to: Must do
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
• mythology: Myths of a particular culture or group of people
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• pot: Container designed to hold or store something
• person: Man, woman or child
• prediction: A statement of what will happen next
• superstition: Unproven belief that some things are lucky/unlucky
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• matrix: Rock that surrounds rare stones
• tire: To lose, cause to lose energy so you want to rest
• jinx: A spell that makes bad things happen to someone
• touchdown: Getting ball over touch line in American football
• neo: A prefix meaning 'recent' or 'new'
• thump: Sound produced by a heavy blow; the blow
• rainbow: Curved line of colors in the sky during rainfall