Vocabulary

• heading home: Going towards one's home.
• turn over: To lose possession of a ball in sports
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• elastic: Able to return to original shape after stretching
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• burn: To destroy with fire
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• happen: To take place or occur
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• catapult: Weapon that projects rocks from an elastic strap
• bouncy: Easily returning to previous state or position
• pea: Round green seed, several of which grow in a pod
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• bouncer: Person who removes troublemakers out of a bar
• nicely: In a pleasing way; in a polite way
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
• download: To transfer data from a computer or the internet
• hero: Person of great courage/strength who saves others
• bulldog: Short, muscular short-haired dog with square head
• indoor: Located, done, or used inside a building
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• app: Small applications for smartphones
• gran: Your mother or father's mother
• bluey: Kind of blue color