Vocabulary

• face down: To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the flesh: In person; physically present.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• beyond belief: Too improbable to be believed; incredible.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• down to earth: Practical, realistic, and approachable.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• stand behind: To support or defend someone or something.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• get on with: To have a good relationship with someone
• going on: To continue doing something
• under the sheets: In bed, typically hidden under bed covers or blankets.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• square up: To stand facing someone in a fighting position; to prepare to fight.
• hold it in: To restrain or suppress an emotion or feeling.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• sink in: (Of an idea) to slowly be understood or felt
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• up top: In or at the highest position or location.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• for the main: Intended for the primary or main person or thing.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• count on: To depend on someone
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• strength: Condition of being strong
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• leave: To go away from; depart
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• workout: Energetic exercise
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• excellent: Extremely good
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• hyper: Very excited or active
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• smoothie: Someone who polite and confident, but in a insincere way
• poison: To affect something in a very negative way
• deep: Complex and important
• wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• weight: How heavy something is
• shuffle: To change the order of items/people in a group
• pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
• powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• bicep: Muscle of the front upper arm
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
• whey: Watery part of milk left after it has gone sour