Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• going on: To continue doing something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• barely: Only just; just possible
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• claw: Long, sharp, and usually curved nail of an animal
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• shitty: Very bad
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• burp: To expel gas from the stomach noisily
• metal: Usually hard shiny material mined from rock
• nifty: Very good or useful; clever; effective
• technical: Complex; difficult to understand
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• par: Set number of hits to complete a hole in golf
• iteration: Single execution of a repeated set of instructions
• disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• plop: Sound made when a solid is dropped into a liquid
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• behead: To execute by cutting off the head
• clang: To make or cause a loud ringing sound from a bell
• cad: Man who acts badly to women