Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• sit down: To take a seat
• turn on
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• wave off: Signal to reject or dismiss something or someone.
• spill out: To flow or empty out, often in large quantities or in a disorderly manner.
• help out: To assist someone
• of any kind: Of any type or variety whatsoever.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• win over: To convince others to support you or your ideas
• work out
• space out: To become distracted or inattentive; to lose focus.
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• bring back: To cause to remember
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• strike: To hit something
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• afford: To make available, to provide
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• acronym: A word made from the first letters of other words
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• stink: To smell terrible
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• darn: Hole in a piece of cloth that has been repaired
• coal: Dark hard substance from the earth burnt as a fuel
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• business: A company formed for making profit
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• announcement: Act of informing people about something publicly
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• paramount: More important/significant than all other things
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• overhead: Located above your head or in the sky
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
• mat: Piece of material used to cover, protect the floor
• bailout: Giving money to help someone get out of debt
• impractical: Not useful or realistically possible
• tuxedo: (Formal) jacket trousers, often worn with bow tie
• equalizer: Electronic equipment reducing frequency distortion
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• lawnmower: A device for cutting grass
• someplace: In or at or to some place