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YL 12 Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

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  • protection of yourself, either by fighting or discussion
    self-defence
  • to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or to suggest that a particular action should be done
    recommend
  • to give someone advice
    advise
  • a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape
    checkmate
  • a kind of video game in which a yellow circle with a cheese-shaped wedge missing and you had to steer him around the maze of dots until you had eaten all the dots up.
    Pac-man
  • to suddenly express your feelings in a noisy way
    erupt
  • an activity, object or idea that is extremely popular, usually for a short time
    craze
  • clear; easy to see, recognise or understand
    obvious
  • when someone deny to do or accept something
    refuse
  • always
    at all time
  • in a way that is parallel to the ground or to the bottom or top edge of something
    horrizontally
  • a small hill of sand near a beach or in a desert
    dune
  • the habit of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring
    procrastination
  • against terrorism (= violent acts for political purposes)
    anti-terror
  • a period of time when you have nothing to do
    time to kill
  • to finish a game with the same number of points as the other person or team
    draw
  • related to muscles
    muscular
  • a pleasant feeling which you get when you receive something you wanted, or when you have done something you wanted to do
    satisfaction
  • a person who disagrees with something and speaks against it or tries to change it
    opponent
  • the time allowed has finished
    Time's up.
  • Intentionally do something
    On purpose
  • something that blocks you so that movement, going forward or action are prevented or made more difficult
    obstacle
  • a group of people who agree to come together suddenly in a place and do something funny or silly and then move away
    flash mob
  • unable to do anything to help yourself or anyone else
    helpless
  • to state or make known, especially publicly
    announce
  • unintentionally
    by accident
  • the most successful or popular period of someone or something
    heyday
  • to design and/or create something which has never been made before
    invent
  • involving competition (= trying to win something)
    competitive
  • behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person
    agressive
  • a person who watches an activity, especially a sports event, without taking part
    spectator
  • a result of a particular action or situation, often one which is bad or not convenient
    consequence
  • one after another without a break
    in a row
  • If you talk to someone or do something in private, you do it without other people being present
    in private
  • notice, thought or interest
    attention
  • To talk in a way that give someones confidence to do something
    Encourage
  • a ride on someone's back with your arms round their neck and your legs round their waist
    piggyback
  • great admiration, honour and praise which you earn by doing something successfully
    glory
  • without any covering or clothes on the upper part of the body
    bare-chested
  • rushing doing something
    in a hurry
  • (in a system for dividing things according to appearance, quality, etc.) a type, or a group of things having some features that are the same
    category
  • An electronic pet
    Tamagotchi
  • someone or something, especially a person or animal, that has beaten all other competitors in a competition
    champion
  • attractive or interesting
    appealing
  • excitedly or wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable
    eagerly