Vocabulary

• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• throw over: To propel something over something else
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• call up: To require someone to join the army
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• run across: To meet someone or find something by chance
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• strike: To hit something
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• urgent: Very important and needing immediate attention
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• deceptive: Causing someone to believe what is not true
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
• freeman: Someone who is not a slave
• tanner: Craftsman who tans skins and hides
• sinker: A weight that sinks fishing lines under water