Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• run across: To meet someone or find something by chance
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• touch and go: A situation that is uncertain or risky, possibly dangerous.
• test run: A trial or experiment to test a new product, system, or procedure.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• back onto: To reverse a vehicle so it stops at a particular place.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• around the corner: Very near; close by.
• set with: To be decorated or adorned with something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• loop in: To include someone in a conversation or communication.
• in a pinch: In a difficult situation; in an emergency.
• worth mentioning: Important or interesting enough to be spoken about or noted.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• point at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• sneak in: To enter a place secretly and quietly, usually without permission.
• split off: To become separated or detached from something.
• go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• embrace it: To accept something enthusiastically.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• have to: Must do
• not available: Not able to be used or obtained; inaccessible.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• put away: To put things in a closet, etc.; tidy up
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• tidy up: To clean up your room
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in the least: Not at all; to the smallest degree.
• coffee left: The amount of coffee that remains after some has been consumed or discarded.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• reservation: Arrangement to keep a room or table for you
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• staff: Employees of a company
• shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• fill: To make something full
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• translate: To change something into a different state
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• weirdly: In an odd or strange way
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
• washroom: Lavatory (e.g. a lavatory in a public place)