Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in attendance: Present at a particular event or meeting.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• get behind: To support or encourage.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• leg it: To run away
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• follow through: To fulfill a promise
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• go through the motions: Perform actions without real enthusiasm or interest.
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• that's all she wrote: Used to say something is finished or there is no more to say.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• from a distance: Not close; far away.
• contend with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• pulled off: To manage to succeed
• get up off: To rise from a seated or lying position on something.
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• couple: To join something to something else
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• leave: To go away from; depart
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• fury: Rage; violent anger
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• flop: To fall heavily, usually in a relaxed manner
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• kingdom: Category of the natural world
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• rumble: Low, heavy continuous sound or series of sounds
• mark: Person's name
• referee: Sports official who makes sure rules are followed
• loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• knockout: Excellent, or wonderful; amazing
• jab: To hit with a short straight blow
• comeback: A clever or witty retort or reply
• woolly: Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
• unsteady: Variable; subject to change
• rematch: Something (especially a game) that is played again
• sweetest: Having the nicest nature, character