Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• throw over: To propel something over something else
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• stay afloat: To have enough money to pay what you owe; to survive financially.
• sit down: To take a seat
• hurt for: To lack or be in need of something important.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• going on: To continue doing something
• light on: To illuminate something.
• turned upside down: In an inverted position; reversed or disordered.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• great: Very good; better than before
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• paddle: Long stick with a flat end used to move a boat
• afloat: Remaining on top of a liquid; floating
• scuba: Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• dolphin: Sea animal like a big fish that breathes air
• bathtub: Thing you take a bath in
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• preview: Showing of a movie before public release
• frog: Small hopping amphibian
• doggy: Word for dog used by and to children
• sailboat: Small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
• grandpa: Your mother or father's father
• summertime: Warmest season of the year
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father