Vocabulary

• fill out: To become fatter
• on to: Toward something; forward
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• favorite sport: A sport that someone likes the most.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• baseball field: A field on which baseball is played.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• dread: To await with great fear
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• tribute: Something that is said or done to show respect
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• fully: Completely or entirely
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• fill: To make something full
• trophy: Prize given to the winner of a competition
• lap: (Of water) to move in a gentle repeated motion
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• prop: Moveable item used on the set of a theater/film
• catchy: Being easy to like, remember (of songs)
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• classic: Having a simple, basic design or style
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• wig: Covering of artificial hair worn on the head
• bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
• bracket: Placement of a word or words within ( ) [ or ]
• inform: To give information or facts about something
• legally: In a way that is allowed by or related to laws
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• hobby: Regular activity done in free time, for pleasure
• patty: Small pie or pasty
• headache: Pain in the head
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• giraffe: Tall African animal with very long neck and legs
• buster: Way of addressing a man
• salamander: Amphibian resembling a lizard