Vocabulary

• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• physically demanding sport: A sport that requires a high degree of physical exertion, strength, and endurance.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• at least: As a minimum
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• consider: To think carefully about something
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• public: Owned by the government
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• lap: (Of water) to move in a gentle repeated motion
• shut: To stop being open for business
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• quit: To leave a job
• sweaty: Covered in sweat, or smelling of sweat
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• theater: Place where plays or movies are seen
• porn: Short for pornography
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• sophomore: Someone in second year in high school or college
• giggle: To laugh in a childish or silly way
• improv: Drama that the actors make up as they go along
• senior: Person who has usually reached a specific old age
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
• heh: An exclamation of surprise or inquiry