Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go on: To continue doing something
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• pal: Friend
• great: Very good; better than before
• hindsight: Understanding the nature of an event afterwards
• dwarf: Person of short stature, due to medical condition
• knack: Ability or talent to do something
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• startle: To give someone a shock or surprise
• bug: To bother someone
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• ace: Highest value card in a game of cards
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• beagle: Small short-legged smooth-coated breed of dog
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
• hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
• teller: Person who works at a bank front counter
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• whirl: To turn rapidly in circles
• brownie: A chocolate, cake-like dessert or cookie
• rodeo: Show in which cowboys rope or corral bulls, etc.
• misplace: To put something in the wrong place
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she
• pa: Father