Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• got to: To arrive at some place
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• shapes and sizes: A wide variety of forms and dimensions.
• full day: A complete day, from morning to night.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• come on over: An invitation to visit someone's home or location.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in case of: If something happens; in the event of.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• brush up: To improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• to the fullest: To the greatest extent possible; completely and without reservation.
• have to: Must do
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• important: Having power or authority
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• curtain: Piece of cloth used to cover a window
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• buoyancy: Degree to which a thing floats on liquid or in air
• certification: Official or legal permission to do something
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• part: Division of a book
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• mermaid: Creature with top half a woman, bottom half a fish
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• crest: Showy part growing from the top of a bird's head
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• candid: Saying what you think openly and honestly
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
• dune: Hill made of sand that is formed by the wind
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
• sycamore: Type of broad leafed tree