Vocabulary

• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• hang onto: To hold something tightly.
• back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
• such as: For example; like
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• leave: To go away from; depart
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• clothing: Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
• leg: Part of the body from the hips down
• ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
• website: Collection of webpages in one location
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• walking: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
• hair: Long thin strands growing on your head or body
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• piece: A counter in a board game
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• area: Amount of measured space
• careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• logo: Name, symbol or picture which represents a company
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• relax: To calm or quiet yourself, or stop worrying
• shave: To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• rolling: To continue along as time normally progresses
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• muscle: Physical power
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• seek: To ask someone for help
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• tape: To record some sounds using an electric device
• backing: To bet money on something
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• abrupt: Very sudden, often in a bad way
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• ibuprofen: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic
• foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
• dehydration: The state of not having enough water
• adhesive: A substance used for gluing one thing to another
• radiate: To show a lot of feeling clearly
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• massage: Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax