Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• leg up: Assistance given to someone by lifting or pushing them up.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• hands down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• have to: Must do
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• kick it up: To increase the intensity, energy, or quality of something.
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• take a rest: To stop working or doing an activity for a period of time in order to relax and recover strength.
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• hone in: To focus attention on something; to direct effort towards a specific goal.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• barely: Only just; just possible
• strength: Condition of being strong
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• master: To gain control over something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• 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
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• scoot: To move away quickly often as an escape
• pike: A type of fish