Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• liable for: Legally responsible for something.
• lead to: To result in some action
• have to: Must do
• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• help out: To assist someone
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• at least: As a minimum
• control tower: A tall tower at an airport from which air traffic controllers can direct aircraft movements.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• on duty
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• pulled off: To manage to succeed
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• in the works: Being planned or prepared; in progress.
• on ice: Kept cold or preserved by ice.
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• in the scene: Present at the location where something is happening or has happened.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• fully operational: Completely functioning and ready for use.
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• next to: Being located along side another
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• throw off: To put out (heat, smell etc.); emit
• go on: To continue doing something
• lie down: To put your body in a flat position, as to sleep
• pay up: To pay money that you owe
• one strike: In baseball, a swing at a pitch that the batter misses, that is called a strike by the umpire, or that is bunted foul.
• in the making: Developing or being made; in the process of becoming something.
• special gift: A particularly thoughtful or unique present.
• rain or shine: Regardless of the weather conditions.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• fix up: To repair
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• shift: To change in position or direction
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• staff: Employees of a company
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• wreckage: Remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• syringe: Device with a needle to take blood/inject drugs
• refinery: Industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• tel: Short form of 'telephone', used with phone numbers