Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• check out
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• take it easy
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• point at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• out of shape: In poor physical condition; not physically fit.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• often used to: Frequently employed or utilized for a specific purpose or action.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• to a T: Exactly, perfectly fitting or accurate.
• go to town: To do something enthusiastically and thoroughly.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• worth mentioning: Important or interesting enough to be spoken about or noted.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• utter: To make a particular sound; speak
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• master: To gain control over something
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• sharp: Person's name
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• quit: To leave a job
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• trampoline: Gymnastic apparatus with canvas sheet on springs
• disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• legendary: Being a very famous sports player, actor etc.
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• part: Division of a book
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• dynasty: Family that controls a country for a long time
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• warrior: Courageous or skilled fighter in a battle or war
• sightseeing: Going to look at places of interest somewhere
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• splinter: To split a large group into smaller groups
• limitless: Without limits in extent, size or quantity
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• parchment: Strong, tough paper
• urn: Vase of varying size and shape
• pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt