Vocabulary

• get across: To communicate (something) clearly and effectively.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• have to: Must do
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
• slot: A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• pavement: Surface next to a road for people to walk on
• nephew: Son of your brother or sister
• blossom: Flower from a tree, often one appearing in spring
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• penguin: Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
• bumpy: Being rough, or not smooth
• jade: Green stone used to make jewelry/art objects
• contestant: Person who participates in a competition
• fairness: Situation when everyone is treated equally
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• llama: Wild South American animal related to camels
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother
• ruff: Frilled collar worn in the 16th century