Vocabulary

• in bad shape: In poor physical or operational condition.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• broken leg: A fracture in one of the bones of the leg.
• turn on
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• have to: Must do
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• slightly: Only a little
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• rusty: Performing badly from lack of practice
• review: To carefully look at the quality of something
• smoothly: In an evenly flowing manner or movement
• muscular: Having strong or developed muscles
• rust: Reddish brown color
• engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• injure: To do (usually physical) harm or damage to
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
• hamstring: Great tendon behind the leg and below the buttocks