Vocabulary

• walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
• on time
• cut corners: To do something badly in order to save money or effort.
• sync up: To synchronize or coordinate devices or data.
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• respect: To follow the established rules
• receipt: Act of receiving something
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• margin: Edge of an area
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• sync: Short for 'synchronization'
• tick: To function properly or normally
• ripple: Small gentle low wave on the surface of water, etc.
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• sidekick: Person often with another more important person
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• pulse: Regular beating of a heart
• flick: To hit something with your finger to move it
• rank: To rate or class things
• stride: To make progress on something such as a project
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• brim: Bottom part of a hat that sticks out all round
• hallway: Interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• aura: Distinctive feeling or mood coming from a person
• cadence: (Of music, etc.) pleasing rhythmic flow
• snare: To trap using a device or clever trick
• metro: Underground railway or subway
• backpack: Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
• wag: To move side to side or up and down repetitively
• hush: To make or become calm, quiet after being upset
• quantify: To find or calculate the quantity of something
• cuff: Fold or band at the end of a sleeve
• bass: Type of fish
• graphite: Black substance that is used in pencil lead
• hoe: Garden tool used to remove weeds or break ground
• ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
• barbell: Bar to for heavy discs in weightlifting
• walkman: A portable cassette player popular in 1980s