Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• with practice: Through repeated exercise or performance, leading to improvement or skill.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• 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
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• starch: Substance in food changed to energy in the body
• chubby: Somewhat fat
• tease: To purposefully bother an animal
• hunch: Premonition or suspicion; guess
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• tick: To function properly or normally
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• porch: Roofed structure over the entrance of a building
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• pat: Person's name
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• itch: Something you are desperate to do
• cheek: The soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear
• vibration: Shaking motion
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
• chick: A baby bird
• churn: To turn milk round and round to make butter
• tart: Dish baked in an open pastry case
• coach: Large, comfortable bus
• tug: To pull (something) hard or suddenly
• torch: Light or flame to be carried in the hand
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• belt: To leave somewhere quickly (UK use)
• twitch: To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk
• wit: Ability to make clever jokes and remarks quickly
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• flinch: To move back as in fear or pain; recoil; shrink
• chime: To make a musical, harmonious sound
• wrench: Tool for holding/turning objects of varying sizes
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• perch: Edible fish that lives in fresh water
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• mouth: Hole in the face used for eating and talking
• chug: To move slowly making low sounds like steam trains
• chap: To cause the skin, lips to roughen or crack
• roach: Another name for cockroach, an insect
• punt: A bet; a risky attempt at doing something
• tubby: Short and plump
• teak: Very hard wood, used for ships and furniture
• ch: Abbreviation for Chapter