Vocabulary

• see through: To realize the truth about
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• mix up: To put various things together so they become one
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• hand up: To raise one's hand in order to get attention, especially in a classroom.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• join in
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• face down: To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• hear things: To imagine hearing sounds or voices that are not real.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• tv show: A television program.
• go on: To continue doing something
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• race course: A track or ground where races are held, especially for horses.
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• off the mark: Inaccurate; not correct.
• for instance: As an example.
• swap over: To exchange places or positions with someone else.
• stand over: To watch or supervise others closely, like a boss
• touch on: To briefly discuss
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• got the idea: Understood something.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• bottle out: To decide not to do something because of fear or lack of confidence.
• next to: Being located along side another
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• from side to side: Moving left and right repeatedly.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• hop up: To jump or climb onto something.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• look away: To turn your eyes in a different direction, especially because you are embarrassed, frightened, or upset.
• look back: To think about past events
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• spike: The top point in a graph
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• gesture: Bodily movement expressing a particular meaning
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• deception: Use of trickery to make someone believe an untruth
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• leave: To go away from; depart
• point: An item to be discussed
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• forehead: Area of the face above the eyes
• uphill: From lower ground to higher ground
• blindfold: To tie a cloth over your eyes so you can't see
• clap: To make loud sounds by striking the hands together
• beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
• tabletop: Top horizontal work surface of a table
• kb: Kilobyte; unit of information equal to 1024 bits