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.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• master: To gain control over something
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• important: Having power or authority
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• excellent: Extremely good
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
• blaze: (Of a fire) to burn brightly
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• bland: Plain; flavorless; dull
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• vibration: Shaking motion
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• blush: To turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• cab: A taxi
• bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• plush: Being fancy and expensive; luxurious
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• prawn: Largish edible shellfish with ten legs
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• pee: To urinate
• patty: Small pie or pasty
• prick: To pierce slightly with a sharp point
• robe: Long loose piece of clothing denoting high rank
• rib: One of the curved bones protecting the chest/heart
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• plume: Bird's feather, especially when colorful
• brat: Someone who has misbehaved, usually a child
• voice: Ability to sing well
• plaster: Substance used to cover walls to make them smooth
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• purr: To make a soft, pleasing humming noise like a cat
• beak: Hard pointed parts of a bird's mouth; bill
• plunder: Things taken violently or by force
• plank: Long, thick board used when building something
• bead: Small round thing made from stone, glass, liquid
• peep: To look at secretly or when you shouldn't
• blot: To remove a spot by putting absorbent material on
• beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
• poo: Feces
• pelt: To hit repeatedly (e.g. with snowballs)
• bleat: To make the sound of a goat or sheep
• burr: Part of plants covering a seed with thorns