Vocabulary

• hit the sack: To go to bed; to go to sleep.
• break a leg: An idiom used to wish someone good luck, especially before a performance.
• no pain, no gain: Success requires hard work and effort.
• time flies: Used to express that time seems to pass very quickly.
• going on: To continue doing something
• hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
• speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
• last straw: The final problem in a series of problems that causes someone to lose patience or give up.
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• long: Person's name
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• scare: To become frightened
• devil: A spirit said to be evil
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of