Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• have to: Must do
• drop into: To visit someone or some place casually and often briefly.
• for good measure: As an extra amount; in addition to what is strictly necessary.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• turn into: To change to become something else
• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• trouble in: Problems or difficulties existing within a specific place or situation.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• finish with: To end a relationship
• at the ready: Fully prepared and available for immediate use.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• drop down: To go to a lower place, rank
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on the front foot: Being confident and proactive in an activity or situation.
• on the back foot: In a disadvantaged or defensive position.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• in truth: In fact; actually; really
• turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
• sheer number: A large quantity or amount of something.
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• couple: To join something to something else
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• thrust: To move (e.g. a knife) forcefully towards someone
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• fluff: Soft light material, full of air
• heel: Back or end part of something
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• initiation: Ritual ceremony to welcome newcomers