Vocabulary

• on your marks: A command given to competitors at the start of a race, telling them to take their starting positions.
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• secret recipe: A set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, kept secret to maintain exclusivity.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• get cracking: To start doing something quickly or with energy.
• take it easy
• at least: As a minimum
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• in no time: Very quickly or soon
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• see about: To look into or arrange something.
• do over: To repeat an action; do something again
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• set up
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• check out
• going on: To continue doing something
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• run with: To take and work with an idea, plan as your own
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• tiny: Very, very small
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• fetch: To go and get something and bring it back
• great: Very good; better than before
• pot: Container designed to hold or store something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• hamster: Small animal with small tail, and large cheeks
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• fix: Answer to a problem
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• torch: Light or flame to be carried in the hand
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• pet: Animal kept by a person for company and friendship
• maple: Any of various trees, some producing syrup
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• plaster: Substance used to cover walls to make them smooth
• fiddle: To play around in an experimental manner; tinker
• ray: Person's name
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• heavenly: Of or relating to heaven, in the religious sense
• bake: To cook food (bread, cakes) in an oven
• starter: Electric motor for starting an engine
• zigzag: One of a series of short sharp turns or angles
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
• mama: A mother