Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• jump through hoops: To do many difficult things to achieve a goal.
• featured on: To appear or be highlighted in a particular media outlet.
• measure up: To be good enough; to meet the required standard.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• let: To allow someone to do something
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• yeah: Another way of saying 'yes'
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• big: Popular
• heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness