Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on your marks: A command given to competitors at the start of a race, telling them to take their starting positions.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• find out about: To look for information to learn about it
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• around town: In the local area or vicinity.
• have to: Must do
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• get around town: To travel to different places in a town or city.
• on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
• go on: To continue doing something
• off we go: An expression used to indicate the start of a journey or activity.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
• push in: To move ahead of people who are waiting in a line.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• race course: A track or ground where races are held, especially for horses.
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• hop: Dance party
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• sesame: Tropical plant with seeds used as food in oil
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• amusement: State of being amused or feeling enjoyment
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• wagon: Four wheel vehicle used to transport things
• cardboard: Lightweight paper board
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• crumb: Small drop of food, usually of bread or cake
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• height: Distance of something from the bottom to the top
• truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
• bumpy: Being rough, or not smooth
• mark: Person's name
• champ: Shortened form of 'champion' (player)
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• clap: To make loud sounds by striking the hands together
• ram: Heavy device used to break through a door by force
• twig: Small piece of wood growing from a branch on tree
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• designer: Someone who creates plans to make something
• cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
• noodle: String of dried dough, usually eaten in a soup
• ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
• ant: Insect with six legs that lives in large groups
• pong: To smell badly