Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• hand down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• go on: To continue doing something
• on the mat: Located on the wrestling mat; in a wrestling match.
• kick in: (Of a medicine, plan, etc.) to start to have an effect; become operative
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• belly out: To fail to do something or back out, especially at the last moment.
• push off: To set off, depart, or leave, especially by boat
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• go past: To move beyond a particular place or point.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• shoot down: To make plane fall from sky by shooting rockets
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• come up to: To meet expectations
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• have to: Must do
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• leave: To go away from; depart
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• important: Having power or authority
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• smack: To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• hip: The upper part of Leg
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• point: An item to be discussed
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• penetrate: To enter or pass through something
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• mount: To attach something to something else
• puff: To breath in and out quickly
• practitioner: A person working in a profession, such as medicine
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• pendulum: Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
• torso: Body (often dead), without arms, legs, or head
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• tack: Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
• wrestler: Fighter holding parts of their opponents body
• gee: Give a command to a horse to turn to right