Vocabulary

• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• gear up: To prepare for an activity or event.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• go find: To search for and locate someone or something.
• at least: As a minimum
• bow out: To decide not to do something; back out
• roar out: To shout or make a loud, forceful noise aloud.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• blend in: To look or behave like the surrounding people so you are not easily noticed.
• look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• start up: A newly established business.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
• ride with: To travel together with someone in a vehicle or on an animal.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• bring on: To cause to appear, e.g. onto a stage
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• on the rampage: Behaving violently and destructively in a furious manner.
• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• move it up: To advance or accelerate the timing of something.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• way up there: At a considerable height or distance.
• on the case: Actively investigating or working on a particular problem or situation.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• look through: To examine carefully to see what is there
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• once and for all: Completely and finally; decisively.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• climb up: To ascend or move to a higher position by using one's hands and feet.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• camouflage: Blending into the background by being similar
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• burrow: Hole in the ground dug by an animal for protection
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• trust: To expect confidently
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• barn: Building on a farm where animals or crops are kept
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• hay: Dry grass used as food for animals
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• lantern: Light in a glass box that can be carried
• wagon: Four wheel vehicle used to transport things
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• dinosaur: Reptile that lived millions of years ago
• stomp: To walk, dance, or move with heavy steps
• truck: Homegrown vegetables and fruit for sale
• swoosh: To move in the air with a whistling sound
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• ranger: Official who manages and protects a park or forest
• ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• yummy: (Of food) delicious; very tasty
• camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
• flashlight: Lights used in the dark, powered by batteries
• cow: Large farm animal from which we get milk and beef
• cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
• pulley: Device for heavy lifting with wheel drawn by chain
• moo: (Of cows) to make a loud, low-pitched noise