Vocabulary

• time will tell: The future will reveal the answer or outcome.
• have to: Must do
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• cut on: To switch on; to activate (a device or light).
• ask for help: To request assistance or support.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• in the pocket: Having secured or certain success or advantage.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• check out
• on the lookout: Vigilantly searching for someone or something.
• at least: As a minimum
• sit down: To take a seat
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• fabric: Cloth or material
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• elastic: Able to return to original shape after stretching
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
• randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• textile: Referring to something made of cloth
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
• seam: Line where cloth, metal etc. are joined together
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• cardigan: Long-sleeved sweater
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• add: To include as well
• pant: Short, loud breath, taken with the mouth open
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• beige: A pale brown color
• lookout: Person who keeps watch, e.g. for an enemy
• salvage: To save damaged or discarded material
• underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
• durability: Product made to withstand repeated use
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• polyester: Resin in which polymers are joined by esters
• denim: Thick strong cotton cloth often used in jeans
• scratchy: Causing you to itch; causing irritation/annoyance
• jockey: To compete for position, success or space
• neckline: Line formed by edge of a garment around the neck