Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• have to: Must do
• get cracking: To start doing something quickly or with energy.
• going on: To continue doing something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• trouble in: Problems or difficulties existing within a specific place or situation.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• piece of cake: (slang) easy to do
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• round out: To complete or improve something by adding what is missing.
• turn on
• rise and shine: A phrase used to tell someone to wake up and get out of bed, often in a cheerful way.
• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• to the max: To the greatest possible extent or degree.
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• power up: To turn on a device or system; to activate.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
• speed up: To move more quickly
• stay back: To remain behind; not approach or advance.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• strength: Condition of being strong
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
• rubbish: To say someone's ideas/actions are no good
• great: Very good; better than before
• land: Region or country
• trampoline: Gymnastic apparatus with canvas sheet on springs
• dizzy: Feeling light-headed and as if you might fall
• nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
• battle: Military fight between armies
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• twirl: Turning/spinning quickly, as to show off a dress
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• deactivate: To stop a machine, service etc. from operating
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• whirlwind: Very powerful dangerous spinning wind
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
• slingshot: Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
• superhero: Fictional character who fights evil
• coo: To make a low, soft cry, like a dove
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
• strongman: Man who performs feats of strength at a fair
• gran: Your mother or father's mother
• oop: Sound people make when they make a mistake