Vocabulary

• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
• pull yourself together: To calm down and regain control of your emotions
• judging from: Based on the available evidence or information.
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• on the whole: Considering everything; generally.
• go forth: To begin or proceed with something, especially after hesitation or delay.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• blow: To move something using air
• couple: To join something to something else
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• fellow: Man or a boy
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• filthy: Being very rude (about sex, bodily functions)
• majestic: Characterized by an imposing or stately appearance
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• feast: Religious celebration
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• vintage: Old and somewhat treasured
• quit: To leave a job
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• great: Very good; better than before
• enthusiast: A person having a strong liking for something
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
• pulse: Regular beating of a heart
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• spatula: Hand tool used to mix or spread soft substances
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• pant: Short, loud breath, taken with the mouth open
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• come: To arrive at a place
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• rumble: Low, heavy continuous sound or series of sounds
• workload: Work you are expected to do in a specified time
• sizzling: Concerning the sound of something burning, frying
• onward: Moving toward a future (often better) time/place
• harp: Upright stringed instrument played with fingers
• clockwork: Any mechanism of geared wheels driven by a spring
• chum: A friend; pal
• whoosh: Sound made when something moves quickly past you
• seafloor: Bottom of the sea
• clank: To make a short loud sound by a metal object