Vocabulary

• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• have to: Must do
• go on: To continue doing something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• on the defensive: Behaving as if you are being attacked or criticized.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in a flash: Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
• easy as pie: Something very simple or easy to do.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• check into: To register at a hotel or similar establishment.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
• stave off: To keep something away; To repel
• on to: Toward something; forward
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• going on: To continue doing something
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• keep off: To not walk on something e.g. the grass
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• fall for: To be deceived or tricked by someone
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• million pieces: A very large number of individual items or components.
• technically speaking: According to the precise meaning of something; in a strict or literal sense.
• sneak in: To enter a place secretly and quietly, usually without permission.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• wheel away: To move away by rolling on wheels, often a vehicle or chair.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• dude: Form of address for a man
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• leave: To go away from; depart
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• tick: To function properly or normally
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• quit: To leave a job
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• license: To give official permission to do something
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• siren: Device that produces loud warning sounds; alarm
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• autograph: Signature of a famous person
• tornado: Violent storm with strong winds
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• penny: Person's name
• pee: To urinate
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
• underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• cellar: Storage room under the house, similar to basement
• pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
• wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• shriek: Loud high-pitched sound or scream
• grapefruit: Large sour yellowish fruit with sour juice
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• forklift: Industrial vehicle that lift and moves things
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• nah: Way of saying 'No'
• hee