Vocabulary

• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• in circles: Moving or going around and around; not progressing.
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• business: A company formed for making profit
• ready: Being likely or about to do something
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• aiming: To point something at a target
• shine: To point a light in a certain direction
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• style: The (tasteful) way something is designed or done
• total: Whole number or amount of something
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• rebel: Person who fights against established government
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• brute: Man who is extremely violent or mean
• flipping: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• boomerang: Curved piece of wood thrown as a weapon