Vocabulary

• pop in: To visit someone briefly.
• to the rescue: Arriving in time to help or save someone from danger.
• slot in: To find a suitable time or place for something in a schedule or plan.
• check over: To look carefully at some information; examine
• have to: Must do
• up the hill: In an upward direction on a slope or hill.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• make some noise: To create a loud sound, often to show excitement or approval.
• pop off: To leave a place, usually for a short time.
• take a bow: To bend your head or body forward as a sign of respect or thanks to an audience.
• going on: To continue doing something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• tumble down: To fall quickly and in a chaotic way.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• silly: Careless
• fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• stink: To smell terrible
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• hop: Dance party
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• hog: To claim or use most of something, in a greedy way
• kit: Set, collection of tools, supplies, for a purpose
• bog: To get stuck, slowed down or become delayed
• hill: High land not as high as a mountain
• cog: Toothed wheel fitting into others to turn machines
• net: Remaining amount after something is taken away
• picnic: Meal that is eaten outdoors, sitting on the ground
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• snail: Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
• jab: To hit with a short straight blow
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
• marvellous: Extraordinarily good or great
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• stub: A stand-in piece of programming code
• frog: Small hopping amphibian
• zooming: To move along or go somewhere very quickly
• teapot: Pot for brewing tea with a spout and handle
• fab: Great; wonderful
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• moo: (Of cows) to make a loud, low-pitched noise
• tum: (Informal) a person's stomach or abdomen