Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• have to: Must do
• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• each end: At both extremities or sides of something.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• make with: To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• play it cool: To act calm and relaxed, especially in a stressful situation.
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• leave: To go away from; depart
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• biscuit: A cookie
• ecstatic: Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• yeast: A single-celled fungi used to make bread and beer
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• award: To give a prize for doing something well
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• sausage: Finely chopped and seasoned meat in a skin
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
• raisin: Dried black grape, used in cooking
• accountant: Professional person who manages money
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• posh: Seeming expensive; of/typical of the upper class
• tub: Another word for a bath
• spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• penguin: Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
• tin: Metal container used for storing e.g. food
• flavour: Taste of something, especially in food or drink
• smell: To have a particular odor
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• vile: Being very bad or unpleasant; disgusting
• beet: Type of vegetable with a thick, purplish root
• cod: Type of large fish that is often eaten
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• fibre: Thin natural thread that can be used to make yarn
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
• brandy: Strong alcoholic drink
• mink: Small animal that is farmed for its fur