Vocabulary

• weight down: To make something heavier or more difficult to move.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• push down: To apply pressure to something from above, forcing it downwards.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• land with: To bring an aircraft down to the ground.
• get thrown off: To be unseated or fall from a horse or other animal.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• on the carpet: Called for a reprimand or formal criticism.
• one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
• have to: Must do
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• predominantly: Mainly; in a way that indicates a greater degree
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• land: Region or country
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• effortless: Requiring little or no work; easy
• bolt: Line of electricity in the sky from lightning
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• effortlessly: In a manner that requires little or no work
• concave: Hollow; curved inward
• swish: To move with a soft brushing or sweeping sound