Vocabulary

• tear off: To remove something quickly and forcefully by pulling it
• round up: To bring together; gather; collect
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• have to: Must do
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• say it all: To express everything that needs to be said without using many words.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• check out
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• barely: Only just; just possible
• versatile: Having many uses or skills
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• companion: Someone who keeps you company, goes out with you
• blow: To move something using air
• flexible: Bending easily
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
• stitch: Pain in your side after running or exercising
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
• pesky: Causing irritation or annoyance
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• exclamation: Abrupt excited utterance
• adhesive: A substance used for gluing one thing to another
• part: Division of a book
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• enlighten: To cause someone to understand
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• slit: To make a narrow cut
• textbook: A book that is used to study
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• stapler: A machine that inserts staples into paper
• beetle: Insect with a hard, usually black body and 8 legs
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• tack: Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• fingertip: End (tip) of a finger
• read: Person's name
• push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• memo: Brief note or message left for another person
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• silicone: Any of large class of siloxanes; used in coatings
• nano: Concerning 1/1000,000th