Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• roll off: To fall off something by rolling.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• repetition: When something occurs again
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• anticipation: Pleasurable feeling about a future event
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• greatness: Property of outstanding importance or eminence
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• daily: Happening every day
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• negotiation: A formal discussion to reach an agreement
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• dodge: To attempt to avoid something
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• calibrate: To adjust an instrument to take exact measurements
• fumble: To search or reach for in an awkward manner
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• boardroom: Room where top officials meet
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• masterclass: An example of excellent work