Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• nothing to write home about: Not particularly interesting, good, or noteworthy.
• have to: Must do
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• got to: To arrive at some place
• meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
• make out of: To make something from other things
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• mental: Concerning the mind
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• slightly: Only a little
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• barely: Only just; just possible
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• financial: Involving money
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• niche: Small part of a market representing an opportunity
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• fill: To make something full
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• person: Man, woman or child
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• glamour: Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
• arena: Place to watch sports, performances, entertainment
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• approachable: Easy to talk to or deal with
• ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
• competitor: Someone taking part in race, business, etc.
• spreadsheet: Computer file for performing calculations
• elimination: Act or process of removing or being removed
• nick: Person's name
• championship: Sports competition to find the best player or team
• rebrand: To change the identify or message of a brand
• scrabble: To search quickly through a pile of objects
• superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events