Vocabulary

• barking up the wrong tree: To make a wrong assumption or pursue a false lead.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• leave: To go away from; depart
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• person: Man, woman or child
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• detective: Person who investigates and solves crimes
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• growl: To utter a deep sound of anger or hostility