Vocabulary

• sift through: To examine something very carefully in order to find something important or useful.
• measure up: To be good enough; to meet the required standard.
• zero in: To focus on a target
• burn out: To overwork to mental or physical exhaustion
• sign off: To end communications, e.g. by radio
• have to: Must do
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• wrap up: To complete something, such as a film or project
• brush up: To improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of
• draw up: To create a formal document
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• iron out: To get rid of problems that prevent progress
• branch out: To expand or diversify one's interests or activities.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• up top: In or at the highest position or location.
• physical things: Tangible objects that can be touched or seen; material items.
• toe in: To turn the toes inward when standing or moving.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• go on: To continue doing something
• in charge: To be responsible for
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• sift: To look through and remove less valuable things
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• quit: To leave a job
• person: Man, woman or child
• business: A company formed for making profit
• burn: To destroy with fire
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• comb: Small, toothed tool to tidy your hair
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• collocation: Grouping of words frequently occurring together
• authorize: To officially or legally allow or give permission
• shack: Small often wooden building that is not well made
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• idiomatic: Concerning idioms