Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have a go: To attempt or try something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• on the beat: Assigned to patrol a specific route or area.
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• going on: To continue doing something
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• on the flat: Located on a level, even, or smooth surface.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• work out
• follow along: To agree to do or act the same as others
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• print out: To produce a paper copy of a document from a computer.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• bang on: Exactly (used with numbers, time, for emphasis)
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• material: Cloth; fabric
• slightly: Only a little
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• leave: To go away from; depart
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• gig: Show; performance; job for a musician or performer
• fill: To make something full
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pulse: Regular beating of a heart
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• chord: Line that joins two points on a circle
• inject: To add or put in more (money, energy etc.)
• bass: Type of fish
• oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
• jazzy: Resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm)