Vocabulary

• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• step aside: To move to the side to allow someone to pass.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• only from: Exclusively originating or sourced from a particular place or entity.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• couple: To join something to something else
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• deodorant: Substance applied to the skin to hide body smells
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• algae: Green organisms that live in still water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• vanilla: Having the taste of vanilla
• irritate: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• manual: Done by hand (not machine)
• claw: Long, sharp, and usually curved nail of an animal
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• badge: Material with a pin to show membership in a group
• rubbish: To say someone's ideas/actions are no good
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• savor: To enjoy a feeling, taste, smell for a long time
• disposal: Act of giving or throwing something away
• qualify: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• discretion: The right to exercise your own judgment
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• pardon: To forgive for some error or fault; let off
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• heroic: Courageous, determined, and worthy of admiration
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• punishment: Being punished; thing you do when being punished
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• assortment: Collection of different things some similarities
• nearby: Close to where you are
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• dandruff: White scales of skin found in the hair
• recover: To return to a prior normal condition
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• condiment: Salt, pepper or sauce used to enhance flavor
• forget: To not remember something
• tad: A small amount of something
• pulp: Soft, succulent part of a fruit
• sweet: Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar
• shampoo: Substance used to wash the hair
• pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
• barnacle: Marine crustaceans that live on rocks
• defuse: To make a bad situation less intense/problematic
• pelt: To hit repeatedly (e.g. with snowballs)
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt