Vocabulary

• get on up: To stand up or rise from a seated or lying position.
• keep it up: To continue doing something well
• on to: Toward something; forward
• fade away: To disappear slowly
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• rat race: A way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• mad: Very angry
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• confine: To hold or imprison someone in a place
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• live: To be alive
• jungle: Tropical area with many wild plants and animals
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• fiesta: Religious festival in Spanish-speaking countries
• zoo: Place in a town where wild animals are shown