Vocabulary

• hot potato: A controversial or difficult issue that is awkward or unpleasant to deal with.
• have to: Must do
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• check out
• at least: As a minimum
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• keep it up: To continue doing something well
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• sheer size: The impressive or intimidating magnitude of something.
• as a matter of fact: In reality; actually; used to emphasize the truth of a statement, often when it differs from what someone might expect or believe.
• chin up: An expression of encouragement, telling someone to be brave and cheerful despite difficulties.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• fever dream: A vivid and disturbing dream experienced during a fever.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• down the hatch: An expression used before swallowing food or drink.
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• dude: Form of address for a man
• annoying: To make someone angry
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• snooze: A short light sleep; nap
• embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• improvise: To compose, speak or perform without preparation
• sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• beard: Hair that grows on a man's face
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• mustache: Hair that grows above the upper lip
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• bail: Money given to ensure prisoner returns to a court
• burn: To destroy with fire
• cosmos: The universe
• swift: Quick
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• prize: Something won in a contest or given as an award
• cyclone: Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.
• come: To arrive at a place
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• lunatic: Old use, offensive a crazy person
• nude: Completely unclothed
• luscious: Being juicy and attractive to eat or to look at
• wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
• anger: To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
• trumpet: Brass wind instrument with a flared bell
• model: Being an excellent example of
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• grapefruit: Large sour yellowish fruit with sour juice
• bewilder: To deeply confuse someone emotionally
• whew: Sound people make when they are relieved