Vocabulary

• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• at bat: A player's turn to bat.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• outer edge: The external boundary or periphery of something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• fly up: To ascend or rise quickly into the air.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• run down: To be in a bad condition
• have to: Must do
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• shy of: A little less than; just under a certain amount.
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• strike: To hit something
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• row: To move a boat using oars
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• great: Very good; better than before
• hover: (Bird/helicopter) to fly staying in one position
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• deep: Complex and important
• funky: Offbeat; fashionable
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• bush: A wooden plant that is smaller than a tree
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• sear: To use high heat to quickly burn the surface of
• diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
• bullish: Expecting a rise in prices
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• ivy: Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
• clinch: To finalize a deal, etc.; prove a point
• chopper: Large heavy knife with a square blade; small ax
• cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages
• backhand: Handwriting that slopes to the left