Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• turn on
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• set up
• red flag: A warning sign or signal of danger or a problem.
• keep off: To not walk on something e.g. the grass
• on the mat: Located on the wrestling mat; in a wrestling match.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• act: To behave in a certain way
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• mad: Very angry
• staff: Employees of a company
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• fill: To make something full
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• land: Region or country
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• lamp: Device to produce light, using electricity/oil/gas
• mat: Piece of material used to cover, protect the floor
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• grape: Fruit from which wine is made
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
• fax: To transmit documents with a facsimile machine
• ant: Insect with six legs that lives in large groups