Vocabulary

• on the sauce: Drinking alcohol excessively or habitually.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• on a kick: To be very enthusiastic about something for a period of time.
• check out
• come up to: To meet expectations
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in the bag: Assured of success; certain to be achieved.
• write in: To add text to a document or form.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y