Vocabulary

• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• bringing down the house: To excite or please an audience very much.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• at least: As a minimum
• in check: Under control; restrained.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• military: Army or armed forces
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• blow: To move something using air
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• master: To gain control over something
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• piece: A counter in a board game
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• criminal: Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• swoop: To sweep through the air; to dive suddenly
• lousy: Very poor or bad; disgusting
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• cop: Slang for police officer
• mob: A secret criminal organization
• iceberg: Very large mass of floating ice in the sea
• thorn: Sharp point on the stem/branches of some plants
• customize: To make, change according to the user's needs
• penguin: Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
• cannon: Large wheeled gun that fires heavy metal balls
• flask: Narrow-necked drink container
• bollock: A man's testicle (slang: rude)
• mama: A mother