Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• on to: Toward something; forward
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• see through: To realize the truth about
• on wheels: Having wheels attached for easy movement.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come near: To be nearly as much as (a value)
• to the rescue: Arriving in time to help or save someone from danger.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• adorable: Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• gigantic: Extremely large
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• steer: A cow
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• important: Having power or authority
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• great: Very good; better than before
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• stump: To campaign by making political speeches
• part: Division of a book
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• siren: Device that produces loud warning sounds; alarm
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• hose: Tube that carries a liquid
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• turnout: Outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
• technician: Person whose job is to maintain, repair machinery
• wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• flashlight: Lights used in the dark, powered by batteries
• firefighter: Person whose job is stopping and putting out fires
• toolbox: Box, chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
• teamwork: Cooperative work done by a team
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she