Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• chin up: An expression of encouragement, telling someone to be brave and cheerful despite difficulties.
• have to: Must do
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• drop down: To go to a lower place, rank
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• step into: To enter a place or situation.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• at least: As a minimum
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• from the top: From the beginning.
• start up: A newly established business.
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• bar up: To fasten bars or similar to secure something closed.
• those times: A period in the past, often remembered fondly.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• repetition: When something occurs again
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• strength: Condition of being strong
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• require: To demand that someone does something
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• leave: To go away from; depart
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• eccentric: Out of the ordinary; acting unusually or oddly
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• fully: Completely or entirely
• protocol: Written agreement between countries
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• forehead: Area of the face above the eyes
• elongate: To make something longer; to extend something
• concentric: Having a common center, e.g. some circles
• scapula: Shoulder blade