Vocabulary

• ring up
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• eat up: To eat all of something
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• go on: To continue doing something
• fly into: Suddenly become very angry or emotional.
• crowd together: To gather closely in a group or space.
• on the ball: Alert, quick to understand and respond to things.
• by night: During the night; not during the day.
• fly by: To pass quickly
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• tedious: Being uninteresting and taking a long time; boring
• blast: To attack someone with words
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• compatible: Able to get on or be used well together
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• defense: Argument in support of something
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• fill: To make something full
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• tribe: Racial group united by language, religion, customs
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• bulb: A round electronic device that produces light
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• weak: Not having a strong character
• bug: To bother someone
• taint: To hurt or damage the good condition of something
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• synergy: Increased effectiveness from working together
• overrun: To exceed or be too much; take too long
• lymph: Clear fluid containing white blood cells
• til: Until