Vocabulary

• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• shoot out: A gunfight, especially one involving police and criminals.
• have to: Must do
• have a go: To attempt or try something.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• red herring: Something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question.
• glass: Clear hard container used for drinking
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
• fish: Animal that swims and lives in water
• table: Diagram that shows data in rows and columns
• pencil: Something you draw pictures with, or write with
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• swimming: To move through water by moving parts of the body
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• nose: Part of the face used for breathing and smelling
• sad: Unhappy; wishing something hadn't happened
• note: To notice or pay particular attention to something.
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
• fork: To divide or separate into two branches
• bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• mug: Large ceramic drinking cup with a handle
• spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• angry: Having a strong feeling of being upset
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• finger: One of the five long parts of the hand
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• touching: Arousing your sympathy; moving
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• blow: To move something using air
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• goat: Small animal with beard and horns
• silly: Careless
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• teaspoon: Small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• fingertip: End (tip) of a finger
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• flick: To hit something with your finger to move it
• diagonally: In the opposite lower corner or place