Vocabulary

• back then: At that time in the past.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• in terms of
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• anything other than: Except for; not including
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• strength: Condition of being strong
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• endurance: Quality of lasting or of being permanent
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• clutch: To hold strongly in your hand
• lap: (Of water) to move in a gentle repeated motion
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• sleek: Having a smooth and appealing shape or surface
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• spoiler: Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• resistant: Not affected by something
• strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• flop: To fall heavily, usually in a relaxed manner
• brake: Mechanism on car, train, bike to make it slow down
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• vibrate: To shake side to side quickly in small movements
• apex: Highest point (of something); peak
• halo: Circle of light
• bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
• throttle: Device controlling the supply of fuel to an engine
• zigzag: One of a series of short sharp turns or angles
• tyre: Rubber rings around wheels on cars and trucks
• underrate: To undervalue or underestimate
• octane: Hydrocarbon found in petroleum, used e.g. as fuel
• peed: To urinate
• sonny: Friendly way of addressing a boy