Vocabulary

• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• got to: To arrive at some place
• stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
• better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
• with practice: Through repeated exercise or performance, leading to improvement or skill.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• fair hair: Light-colored hair, typically blonde or light brown.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• aid: To help others and provide things
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• mend: To repair or put into good shape or working order
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
• fad: Something popular for a short time
• grit: Strong determination
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
• fond: Happy and loving; To like someone or something very much
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• spur: To make your horse go faster
• great: Very good; better than before
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• quit: To leave a job
• pat: Person's name
• bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• nod: Movement of your head to agree or say hello
• clot: Mass of blood, etc. that has dried up/become thick
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• saw: To cut with a metal tool with sharp teeth
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• tart: Dish baked in an open pastry case
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• font: Size or style of type
• cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• kit: Set, collection of tools, supplies, for a purpose
• tent: Portable cloth shelter used outdoors for camping
• slit: To make a narrow cut
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• pant: Short, loud breath, taken with the mouth open
• mound: Raised area on the ground on which pitcher stands
• heed: To take notice of; pay attention to; care about
• oat: Widely grown grain eaten as, or used in, food
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• moat: Water-filled ditch surrounding a castle
• punt: A bet; a risky attempt at doing something
• mead: Alcoholic drink made from honey