Vocabulary

• set off: To start a journey
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• have to: Must do
• get it on: To start doing what you say you will do
• off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
• going on: To continue doing something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• pull into: To drive a vehicle off a road and onto a different surface or into a specific location.
• strike up: To begin a friendship, relationship, or conversation.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• go on: To continue doing something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• slightly: Only a little
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• strike: To hit something
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• flawless: With no imperfections or errors
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• point: An item to be discussed
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
• confidential: Entrusted with another's secrets
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• inaccurate: Not correct, accurate, or true
• outrun: To run faster than
• navy: Very dark shade of blue
• generalization: Making a statement about a group from limited data
• aloha: Expression used to say hello or goodbye in Hawaii