Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• chew on: To think carefully about something over a period of time.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• have to: Must do
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
• hands down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
• pick out: To choose or select one item from many
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• grumpy: Easily annoyed and complaining
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• pigment: Substance that makes things have a certain color
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• leave: To go away from; depart
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• premiere: First performance of a show, film, play in public
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• melanin: Pigment giving color to skin, hair etc.
• breath: Air you take in and out of your body
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• dizzy: Feeling light-headed and as if you might fall
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
• biology: The study of living things
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• picnic: Meal that is eaten outdoors, sitting on the ground
• bunny: Rabbits
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• wetsuit: Suit made of rubber for diving and surfing
• mama: A mother