Vocabulary

• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• at this rate: If things continue as they are now.
• call in: To ask others for help when in need
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• fire up: To motivate or encourage someone
• work out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• afford: To make available, to provide
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• factor: Something that influences a result
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• click: To work well with someone or something
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• fill: To make something full
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• person: Man, woman or child
• deep: Complex and important
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• instrumental: Relating to, composed for, or performed on a musical instrument or instruments (without vocals).
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• cork: The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• chime: To make a musical, harmonious sound
• disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• inexpensive: Having a low price; cheap
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• navy: Very dark shade of blue
• buster: Way of addressing a man