Vocabulary

• upper body: The part of the body above the waist, including the chest, back, shoulders, and arms.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• write down: To record in writing
• turn on
• on your toes: Being alert and ready for action.
• round to: To visit someone's place informally, usually briefly.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• ride with: To travel together with someone in a vehicle or on an animal.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• press down: To apply pressure to something with a pushing motion.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• start over: To begin again.
• lock in: To secure something, such as a price or deal, for a specific period.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• slightly: Only a little
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• analogy: Comparison of things based on their similarity
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• steer: A cow
• steep: Very expensive
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• hip: The upper part of Leg
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• cross: Angry and upset
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
• arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
• fore: (In combination) before; in the front part
• shin: Front part of the lower leg, beneath the knee
• meow: Cry like a cat
• aft: In the rear section of a boat or plane
• snowboard: Board like a small surfboard used on the snow