Vocabulary

• hop in: To get in or on a vehicle
• fix up: To repair
• once and for all: Completely and finally; decisively.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• sniff out: To discover something by using your nose; to detect or find something.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• harness: To capture the power of something
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• gooey: Soft and sticky
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• hop: Dance party
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• giddy: Feeling dizzy, e.g. due to being spun around
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• topple: To cause a government/leader to be overthrown
• artillery: Guns used by the military larger than machine guns
• sleigh: Vehicle with runners for moving on snow or ice
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
• mush: Something soft and wet and usually thick
• wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
• snoop: To spy on someone or something in a devious manner
• sandy: Person's name
• bikini: Two-piece swim suit for women
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• turbo: Device that increases the power of an engine
• ruff: Frilled collar worn in the 16th century
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target
• yee: The sound made to surprise someone