Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• finish off: To complete the last part of something.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in any case: Whatever happens; regardless of what has happened or may happen.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• time left: The amount of time that remains or is available.
• get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• get it on: To start doing what you say you will do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• cover up: To hide something bad; conceal
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• in all honesty: Speaking truthfully and sincerely; frankly.
• sitting pretty: In a very favorable or advantageous situation.
• set up
• at least: As a minimum
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• like a charm: Working perfectly well or successfully.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• little bit crazy: Slightly mad or eccentric; somewhat irrational.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• huge: Very very large
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• outrageous: Exceeding the usual limits; far too extreme
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• lapse: (Of license, etc.) to stop being valid; expire
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• piece: A counter in a board game
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• comfy: In a position that feels just right
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• vent: To express anger or grievance loudly/with feeling
• sausage: Finely chopped and seasoned meat in a skin
• waffle: Batter cooked in a hot iron, as with crisscrosses
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• thermometer: Instrument for measuring temperature
• ambient: Of or in the surrounding area or air
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• toasty: Warm and comfortable
• quadruple: To make or become four times bigger in number
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• thirst: Powerful desire or need for e.g. knowledge
• triple: Group or set of three
• strangle: To kill by squeezing the throat, e.g. with a rope
• stoke: To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
• depot: Storage place for goods
• spruce: Evergreen tree with needle-like leaves
• backside: The part of your body you sit on
• firewood: Wood that can be burned as fuel
• fir: Type of evergreen tree
• reflector: Thing that shines when light reflects off it