Vocabulary

• down the hatch: An expression used before swallowing food or drink.
• go on: To continue doing something
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• paradigm: A set of ideas for understanding or explaining
• scoop: To dig out for a hole with a tool or hands
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• noble: Being admirable and honorable in character
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• breeze: To act in a confident way; walk, enter confidently
• flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• sour: (Of relationship) to cease to be good or friendly
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• hatch: To be born or come out from an egg
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• revolt: Protest against authority; fight to take control
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• burn: To destroy with fire
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• fix: Answer to a problem
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
• mist: Light water droplets in air, so you can't see well
• alleyway: A narrow street with walls on both sides
• lemonade: Drink that has a lemon flavor
• fashionable: Behaving and dressing as is currently popular
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
• barb: Sharp point which curves backwards