Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• on second thought: After reconsidering; changing one's mind.
• feel out: To try to discover someone's opinions, ideas, or intentions by talking to them for a while.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• finish up: To complete or bring something to an end.
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• broth: Liquid or soup that meat, etc. has been cooked in
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• roam: To move about freely without a set destination
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• soggy: Unpleasantly wet
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• amateur: Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
• vegan: Vegetarian who eats no animal or dairy products
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• great: Very good; better than before
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• quit: To leave a job
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• burn: To destroy with fire
• incense: To cause to feel great anger; to infuriate
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• peanut: Edible small nut which grows under the ground
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• coat: Clothing worn outside over your normal clothes
• drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
• let: To allow someone to do something
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• fry: To cook something in fat or oil
• fraternity: Social club of male college students
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• fillet: Narrow piece or slice of boneless meat or fish
• blazer: Type of smart jacket
• lotus: Any aquatic plant of the water lily family
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking
• steamer: Ship with funnels, driven by steam engines
• pi: The ratio of the circumference to the diameter
• lambda: 11th letter of the Greek alphabet