Vocabulary

• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• go on: To continue doing something
• left out: To forget; omit
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• put away: To put things in a closet, etc.; tidy up
• in circulation: Available and being used by the public.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• deal with
• work out
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• exotic: Being very different or unusual
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• huge: Very very large
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• leave: To go away from; depart
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• spray: To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• fill: To make something full
• rubbish: To say someone's ideas/actions are no good
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• metaphorical: Using words imaginatively to reveal a similarity
• invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• sphere: Area of interest or activity
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• pigeon: Gray bird that is common in cities
• mania: Mental illness marked by high energy or excitement
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• lateral: On the side; moving sideways
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• ripen: To make or become ripe and ready to eat, as fruit
• fauna: All of the animals living in a certain area, time
• unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
• shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
• ecology: Study of plants, animals and their environments
• pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
• expo: Large often worldwide exhibition