Vocabulary

• beef up: To be made stronger and stronger
• cut up: Be cut up (about) to be upset or angry
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• boil down: To reduce in volume by boiling; to concentrate.
• duck out: To leave a place or situation quickly and often without being noticed.
• swallow up: To completely consume or engulf something.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• duck down: To lower your body quickly to avoid something.
• veg out: To relax in a lazy or inactive way, often watching TV.
• have to: Must do
• pan out: (Of events) to happen as you expected them to
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• chicken out: To decide not to take a risky action
• boil over: When a boiling liquid overflows the container.
• work out
• beefing up: To be made stronger and stronger
• walk down: To walk along or down something.
• fishing for: Currently trying to get attention or praise from other people.
• box in: To trap or prevent movement by surrounding closely.
• in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in secret: Done or kept in a way that is not known or seen by others.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• chew over: To think carefully about something
• chew out: To scold someone severely
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• turn on
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• make peace: To end a state of conflict or war by agreeing to peaceful terms.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• in terms of
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• on the scene: Present at a location, especially where something has happened.
• at least: As a minimum
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• hatred: Very strong feeling of dislike; hate
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• important: Having power or authority
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• counselor: Person offering professional advice to others
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• comedian: An entertainer whose job is to make people laugh
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• shut: To stop being open for business
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• person: Man, woman or child
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• boil: To become extremely angry or excited
• panoramic: Having a full and wide view of something
• embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• con: To trick or deceive someone
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• stew: To cook meat or vegetables in hot water
• clam: Kind of shellfish
• artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
• fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• idiomatic: Concerning idioms
• salesman: Person whose job is to sell things