Vocabulary

• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• out and about: Having returned to your usual activities after an illness.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• think up: To think of an idea or an excuse
• bone up: To study or review information intensively.
• crack up: To suddenly burst out laughing
• act up: (Of a machine) to fail to work properly
• break up
• burn up: To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
• butter up: To say nice things to get something you want
• work out
• burn out: To overwork to mental or physical exhaustion
• bring out: To formally introduce a girl/ woman to society
• stand out
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• block out: To cover so something cannot be seen or heard
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• off the air: Not currently being broadcast on television or radio.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• check out
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• click: To work well with someone or something
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• abrupt: Very sudden, often in a bad way
• conjunction: Combination of things or events
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• part: Division of a book
• burn: To destroy with fire
• installment: One of many payments you have to make
• pronoun: A word that replaces a noun like 'it' 'she' etc.
• presidential: Concerning the president
• fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
• infinitive: A verb in its base form, e.g. 'to run'
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• conjugate: (Of leaves) having only one pair of leaflets
• filler: Material added to fill a hole
• butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• ch: Abbreviation for Chapter