Vocabulary

• fish out of water: Feeling uncomfortable or out of place in a situation.
• water under the bridge: Past events that are no longer important or cause no trouble.
• above water: Not in debt or trouble; surviving or managing successfully.
• keep your head above water: To manage to survive or cope, especially financially or emotionally.
• head above water: Just managing to survive financially.
• in hot water: In trouble; in a difficult situation.
• dead in the water: At a complete standstill with no chance of progress or success.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• blood is thicker than water: Family relationships are stronger than other relationships.
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• walk on water: To perform a miracle; to do something seemingly impossible.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• sink in: (Of an idea) to slowly be understood or felt
• shower with: To give someone a lot of something as a sign of affection.
• kind of easy: Somewhat easy; relatively easy.
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sustenance: What sustains life, especially food
• garage: Place for keeping a car
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• naturally: In the expected or usual way
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• refrigerator: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• diplomat: Person representing their government overseas
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• bombard: To attack with weapons
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• bug: To bother someone
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• hose: Tube that carries a liquid
• microwave: Cooking appliance using electromagnetic waves
• coconut: A large nut with a hairy shell and white flesh
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• runoff: A second election to find a winner