Vocabulary

• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• at least: As a minimum
• in one piece: Undamaged; whole; not broken or harmed.
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• swing by: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• stick together: To support each other; remain united.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• for show: Done only to impress others, not for real use.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• make over: To transfer the ownership of something to someone
• turn on
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• clumsy: Moving or doing things awkwardly
• tidy: With things in their proper place; not messy
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
• piece: A counter in a board game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• faucet: Tap; device for controlling the flow of water
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• leather: Chemically tanned animal skin, e.g. for shoes
• festival: Cultural event with a program of events
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• plush: Being fancy and expensive; luxurious
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• lantern: Light in a glass box that can be carried
• special: Being additional or extra
• dazzle: To make one feel great excitement or admiration
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• melody: Song; music
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• montage: Assembly of items, e.g. visual images
• wilt: (Archaic) to wish or want
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• sleepover: Having a child guest spend the night in your home
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• vase: Decorative container, usually for holding flowers
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• brunch: Mixture of breakfast and lunch eaten late morning
• kite: Toy flown in the wind on a long string
• thingy: Something you cannot remember the name of
• lacquer: Liquid put on wood/metal to make it shiny
• berry: Small, round fruit from plants and trees
• healer: One supposed to help others get well
• kitty: Amount of money a group of people share
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area
• gee: Give a command to a horse to turn to right
• teamwork: Cooperative work done by a team