Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• get it up: To find energy or motivation
• run with: To take and work with an idea, plan as your own
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• bear in mind: To remember and consider something.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• race course: A track or ground where races are held, especially for horses.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• require: To demand that someone does something
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• curb: Anything that restrains or controls
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• participant: Person involved or included in something
• bitter: Feeling angry and sad over something
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• slam: To criticize sharply
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fully: Completely or entirely
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• subsidiary: Less important or supporting organization/company
• downhill: From higher ground to lower ground
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• reiterate: To say something again for further emphasis
• uphill: From lower ground to higher ground
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• gimmick: Trick or device used to attract or draw attention
• coexist: To exist peacefully together
• drunken: (Of a rage, stupor, etc.) when a person is drunk
• omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet