Vocabulary

• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• off key: Not in the correct key; not in tune.
• sack up: To gather courage or bravery to face a difficult situation.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• hop in: To get in or on a vehicle
• go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• slump: To sit, lean or fall down because tired or ill
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• swollen: To increase in size or number larger than normal
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• reindeer: Large type of deer, associated with Christmas
• hop: Dance party
• naughty: Behaving badly, e.g. so as to annoy adults
• wrinkle: Small folds in the skin, e.g. as a sign of age
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• fill: To make something full
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• surround: To be all the way around something
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• fret: To worry about something in a nervous way
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• paramount: More important/significant than all other things
• farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
• chimney: Part of a building through which smoke escapes
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• bout: A boxing match
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
• swift: Quick
• level: Specific height of something
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
• injure: To do (usually physical) harm or damage to
• joy: Deep happiness and pleasure about something
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• title: Book produced by a publisher
• surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• toilet: Room where you go to urinate or excrete; bathroom
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• sleepy: Having difficulty staying awake; ready to sleep
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• cancel: To end a legal, business, or other agreement
• nick: Person's name
• workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
• greatly: An extraordinary extent or degree
• ballroom: Large room used mainly for dancing
• bumble: To be confused, in either a movement or in speech
• hymn: Religious song that praises God
• piggy: Childish name for pig
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
• clink: To make light sound as when glasses are tapped