Aerobics vocab. Flashcards

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a treadmill

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a machine with a moving part which you can walk or run on for excersise

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alternative

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one of two ore more things you can choose of

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an accountant

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someone whose job is to keep or examine the financial records of a company or organization

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brisk

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quick and energetic

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pace

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speed at which someone moves

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to cover

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to travel a particular distance

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to point out

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to tell someone a fact

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to dub

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to give someone or something an unofficial or funny name

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to incorporate

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to include something as part of another thing

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kill-two-birds-with-one-stone

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to succeed in achieving two things in a single action

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approach

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a way of doing something

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a squat

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bending your legs so that you are sitting with your bottom very close to the ground

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to spare

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to give time or money to someone

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an ordeal

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a very unpleasant experience

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to enable

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to make someone able to do something or to make something possible

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a workout

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when you do a series of excercises to make your body strong and healthy

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a crossbreed

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an animal or plant that is a mixture of breeds and therefore a new variety

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to enact

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to make something into law; perform story or a play

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domestic

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relating to the home and family relationships

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setting

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the place where something is or happens (often in a book, film or play)

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conventional

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traditional, usual

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tongue-in-cheek

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said or done as a joke

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to exploit

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to use or develop something for your advantage

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climbing frame

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a large frame made of bars that chlidren can climb on

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fellow

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used to describe people who share your interests or situation

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to talk through

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very carefully about something frome the start to the end

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core

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the most important part of a system

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to crouch

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to move your body close to the ground by bending your knees

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to prop sth up

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to lift something and give support to it by putting something under it

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to wedge

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to push something into a narrow space

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to submit

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to send a document, plan, etc. to someone so that they can consider it

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faint-hearted

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someone who is not confident and brave and dislikes taking unnecessary risk

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an injury

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damage to someone’s body in an accident or attack

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firm

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strong and tight

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thorough

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careful and covering every detail

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light-hearted

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not serious; cheerful and not worried about anything

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a chord

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two or more musical notes that are played in the same time

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intimidated

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frightened or nervous because you are not confident in a situation

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self-conscious

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worried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you

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a fishnet

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a type of material that looks like a net

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a leotard

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tight piece of clothing that covers the body but not the legs, usually worn by female dancers or women doing physical excercise

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a routine

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the usual order in which you do things, or the things you regularly do

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to work out

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to exercise in order to improve the strength or appearance of your body; to happen or develop in a particular way;

44
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a playground

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an area of land where children can play, especially at school