Navigating Culture, Safety, and Sports: Key Vocabulary

Navigating Cultures

Concepts: Appropriate, Awkward, Culture Gap, Fit In, Foreign, Language Barrier, Manners, Misconception, Narrow-minded, Open-minded, Outlook, Roots, Rude, Sensitive, Straightforward, Subtle, Tend To

Text: Anxiety, Attempt To, Heritage, Long For, Lose Touch With, Overwhelming, Resentful, Stay Behind, Trembling, Untouched

Phrasal Verbs

• Call On
• Carry Out
• Dress Up
• Make Of
• Show Off
• Stand Up For
• Stick To

Collocations

• Catch a Cold
• Catch by Surprise
• Catch Sight Of
• Catch Someone Red-Handed
• Catch Someone’s Eye
• Fall Asleep
• Fall Ill
• Fall in Love
• Fall into Place
• Fall Out of Favor
• Lose Count
• Lose One’s Nerve

Safety First

Concepts: Burn, Burn Down, Catch Fire, Choking, Collide, Concerned, Crash, Distract, Drown, Ensure, Faulty, Knock Over, Lifeguard, Safety Feature, Shallow, Slip, Sprain

Text: Come to a Halt, Cut Costs, Debris, Grab, Iron Out, Jam, Massive, Measure, Shut Down, Take Control, Worldwide

Safety and Danger

• At One’s Risk
• At Stake
• Close Call
• In Safe Hands
• Out of Danger
• Put in Danger
• Run the Risk
• To Be on the Safe Side
• Touch and Go
• Watch One Step

Adjectives

Afraid Of, Aware Of, Bad For, Curious About, Familiar With, Famous For, Fond Of, Good At, Indifferent To, Kind To, Opposed To, Protected From, Safe From, Shocked By

Sports

Concepts: Astounding, Award, Balance, Championship, Defeat, Drill, Feat, In Good Shape, Keep Fit, Leap, Opponent, Rank, Role Model, Runner-Up, Set-Back, Strike, Surpass

Text: Allowance, Asset, Eager, Harsh, Make It, Refrain From, Reluctant, Sacred, Take Off, Uncertain, Work One’s Way Up

Sports Idioms

• Get Ahead of the Game
• Jump the Gun
• Keep One’s Head Above Water
• Learn the Ropes
• Move the Goalposts
• On the Ball
• Par for the Course
• Roll with the Punches
• The Ball’s in One’s Court
• Win Hands Down