Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• behind with: Having failed to pay money that is owed at the time you should have.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• at sea
• in terms of
• within reach: Close enough to be grabbed or used.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• performance: Act of doing something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• thigh: Upper part of a bird's leg, e.g. eaten as food
• hesitation: Indecision or unwillingness to do something
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• medal: Metal award, often round, usually for courage
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• bronze: Having a yellowish olive-brown color
• karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• rifle: Group of soldiers armed with rifles
• volleyball: Game of hitting ball over net using the hands
• narrowly: With little distance or difference between
• hee
• newsline: Name of a TV news program