Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• hand off: To transfer responsibility or control to someone else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• call down: To invoke or summon from a higher power or authority.
• fall away: Slowly lessen your friendship with someone
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in place of: Instead of; as a substitute for.
• by nature: Inherently; by one's character or disposition.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• live out: To experience something, especially something that you have planned or hoped for.
• out of power: Not currently holding a position of authority or government.
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• walk back: To retract or reverse a previous statement or position.
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• under wraps: Kept secret or confidential.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• step off: To leave or move away from a place or situation, often used as a command.
• trap in: To catch or confine something in a space.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• find out about: To look for information to learn about it
• at least: As a minimum
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• like anything: Used to emphasize strong intensity or effort.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• shoot an arrow: To propel an arrow from a bow.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• kind of sad: Slightly sad; a little bit melancholy.
• aside from
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• land on: To come down to the ground or another surface after flying or falling.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• mess up: To make a mistake
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• with God: Being in the presence or care of God, often after death.
• turn back: To stop and move backward on some issue
• think back: To recapture the past
• in the trenches: Engaged directly and actively in difficult work or conflict.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• dude: Form of address for a man
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• void: Empty feeling because nothing interests you
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• trust: To expect confidently
• bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
• pearl: Person's name
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• portal: Type of gate or entry point, e.g. to the internet
• swift: Quick
• loot: To steal things after riots or disasters
• temple: A flat area on the side of the forehead
• rod: Straight, thin stick or bar
• serpent: Very big snake
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• orbital: Concerning an orbit
• cannon: Large wheeled gun that fires heavy metal balls
• stasis: When the normal flow of a liquid slows or stops
• slime: Thick slippery substance, often rather disgusting
• mace: Aerosol sprayed in the face to ward off attackers
• nether: Located below or beneath something else