Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• write down: To record in writing
• against you: In opposition to you.
• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
• turn off
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• build in: To include something as part of a plan, system, or design.
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• check out
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• performance: Act of doing something
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• toddler: Young child learning to walk
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• chore: Task done to keep a house in order e.g. cleaning
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• persistence: Determination to keep doing even if it is hard
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• deep: Complex and important
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• reclaim: To get back something that was lost; recover
• newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• soundtrack: The songs connected to a movie
• hijack: To take control of a plane, etc. by force
• fragmentation: Separating something into fine particles
• beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
• reconnect: To connect again