Vocabulary

• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• run it up: Accumulate or increase an amount, often of costs or debt.
• level off: (Of plane) to start flying at a lower, flat height
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• trim off: To remove something by cutting it away.
• sketch out: To make a rough plan or drawing of something.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
• get around to: To finally start doing something you avoided doing
• pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
• have to: Must do
• pour in: To arrive or enter a place in large numbers or amounts.
• push down: To apply pressure to something from above, forcing it downwards.
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• wildest dreams: The most imaginative or unrealistic hopes or aspirations.
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• add: To include as well
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic