Vocabulary

• bank on: To rely on someone or something
• brush up: To improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of
• ask around: To ask several people for information or advice.
• turn down: To fold something, e.g. a shirt collar
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• hot potato: A controversial or difficult issue that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with.
• kick off: To start a football match.
• for instance: As an example.
• zero in: To focus on a target
• fall through: (Of plans, arrangements etc.) to fail to happen
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• english speaker: A person who speaks English.
• have to: Must do
• book on: A book about a particular subject.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• drop the ball: To make a mistake or error, especially one that causes problems for others.
• improve on: To make something better than it was before.
• boom off: To make a loud booming noise, like guns or fireworks firing.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• go away: To go on vacation
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
• on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• touch on: To briefly discuss
• raining cats and dogs: Raining very heavily or a severe downpour.
• fill up
• in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
• with practice: Through repeated exercise or performance, leading to improvement or skill.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• instance: An example of something; case
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• 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
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home