Vocabulary

• spill the beans: To reveal a secret or private information, often unintentionally.
• too many cooks spoil the broth: Too many people involved can ruin a project or plan.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• full of beans: Full of energy, enthusiasm, and good spirits.
• bring home the bacon: To earn money to support one's family.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• work out
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• pot calling the kettle black: Accusing someone of a fault one also has; hypocrisy.
• on file: Recorded and stored in a systematic way.
• blurt out: To say something suddenly and without thinking, often revealing something that should have been kept secret.
• knock over: To accidentally hit something so that it falls over.
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• check out
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• broth: Liquid or soup that meat, etc. has been cooked in
• dough: Substance made from flour and water to bake bread
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
• leave: To go away from; depart
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• stressful: Worrying; causing tension
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• kettle: Metal container with spout used for boiling water
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• container: An object that can be used to hold things
• hyper: Very excited or active
• pot: Container designed to hold or store something
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• hypocrite: One who decries a thing while doing it themselves
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• proverb: A saying that gives advice
• bacon: Salted meat from a pig
• vase: Decorative container, usually for holding flowers
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• oop: Sound people make when they make a mistake