Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• de novo: Newly arising; synthesized from scratch, especially referring to a new mutation or a newly synthesized molecule.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• walk alone: To walk without company; to walk by oneself.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• treadmill: Boring job, with repetitive tasks
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• leave: To go away from; depart
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• con: To trick or deceive someone
• level: Specific height of something
• hay: Dry grass used as food for animals
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• forget: To not remember something
• main: Most important; most often used
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
• sky: The place where we see clouds above us
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• boa: Snake that kills by winding itself around its prey
• nah: Way of saying 'No'
• dale: Area of low land between hills or mountains
• bravo: Shouted to express approval, e.g. of a performance
• shootout: Fight with guns, e.g. between police and gang
• agora: Place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
• vale: Poetic a valley
• unlucky: Unfortunate; having bad things happen by chance
• bien: (French) good
• para: Shortened form of paragraph
• ay: A vote meaning 'yes' in parliament, etc.
• jr: Shortened form of 'junior'