Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• have to: Must do
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• tie up: To be occupied or engaged in something
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• on your toes: Being alert and ready for action.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• go on: To continue doing something
• tick off: To indicate or select using a check mark on a list
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• partner up: To join with someone to work together on something.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
• sell on: To resell something, often at a higher price.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• in charge: To be responsible for
• bear on: To have an influence or effect on something.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• game on: An exclamation indicating the start of a game or activity.
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• work out
• in record time: Faster than has ever been done before.
• get cracking: To start doing something quickly or with energy.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• respect: To follow the established rules
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• mascot: Object, person or animal used to represent a team
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• excellent: Extremely good
• great: Very good; better than before
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• puddle: Small pool of water or liquid on the ground
• swamp: Area of land that is wet or covered with water
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• swoop: To sweep through the air; to dive suddenly
• cross: Angry and upset
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• wizard: Man with magical powers
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• stinky
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• den: Home of some types of wild animals
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• lad: A boy or young man; any man
• sticker: A short pointed knife for piercing or stabbing
• gill: Part of a fish's body it uses to breathe
• keeper: Person taking care of animals
• fern: Type of plant with long, thin leaves
• bee: Gathering to perform activities and tasks together
• nil: Word used to mean zero, or nothing
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
• teddy: A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear
• gran: Your mother or father's mother