Vocabulary

• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• check out
• in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• check into: To register at a hotel or similar establishment.
• put back: To return something to the proper place
• look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
• time out: A brief suspension of activity; a pause.
• give it up: To stop trying to do something
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• couple: To join something to something else
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• quarter: 25 cents
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• stash: Supply of something that is hidden or stored
• vividly: In a strongly, bright, lively or colorful manner
• rim: Outer edge of something circular
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• hoop: Round or circular shape or object
• curry: Indian food made of vegetables, meat and spices
• gentry: Nobles: People of high social standing e.g. lords