Vocabulary

• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• come out with: To go out with someone on a date
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• have to: Must do
• pack in: To decide to stop doing something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• above and beyond: More than what is expected or required; exceptional.
• latch on: To understand something, often after a period of confusion or delay.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• lock up: To imprison someone.
• move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• tie down: To restrict someone's freedom of action.
• came off: To succeed in doing; complete something
• color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• work out
• take with: To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
• in little: To a small extent; insignificantly.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• latch: To tightly attach yourself to something
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• luggage: Suitcases and bags
• overhead: Located above your head or in the sky
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• toiletry: Items for washing and taking care of your body
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• mesh: Crisscrossed wires to allow air/liquid through
• compress: To press tightly together
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• cube: Solid object that has six square sides
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
• backpack: Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• toothbrush: Small brush with long handle used to clean teeth
• eraser: Piece of rubber to rub out a mistake in writing
• teal: Bluish shade of green
• quince: Smooth-skinned fruit used to make jam, jelly