Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• close by: Near in distance; nearby.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• deal with
• at least: As a minimum
• on to: Toward something; forward
• next to: Being located along side another
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• by example: Through demonstration or serving as a model.
• play up to: To try to please someone in authority in order to gain an advantage.
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• bear with me: Be patient with me.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• basketball: Team game played to throw the ball through a hoop
• player: Machine that plays recorded material
• game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• important: Having power or authority
• bad: Not good; wrong
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• teach: To help someone learn or do something
• dance: To move your body rhythmically to music
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• stop: To block or close something
• timing: To check speed at which music is performed
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• coach: Large, comfortable bus
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• happen: To take place or occur
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• moved: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• shooter: People who shoot guns at others; assassin
• championship: Sports competition to find the best player or team
• basket: Amount contained in a basket; a basketful
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• smarter: More intelligent or clever
• luckily: In a good way; by good fortune
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• datum: Item of factual information
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• overtime: Extra time in a sports game
• probability: What the chances are that something will happen
• recreate: To make a past situation exist again
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• teammate: Fellow member of a team
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• vernacular: Commonly spoken by the ordinary local people
• contender: Athlete or team competing (and likely) to win
• illuminate: To supply light to something
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• blitz: To suddenly and aggressively attack
• wiggle: To move from side to side with short fast movement