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whirlpool /ˈwɜːlpuːl/ noun [ C ]

an area of water that moves round and round very quickly

shoe /ʃuː/ noun [ C ]

1 a strong covering for the foot, often made of leather

a pair of shoes

training shoes

to put your shoes on/take your shoes off

2 be in sb's shoes

informal to be in the same situation as someone else, especially an unpleasant situation

What would you do if you were in my shoes?

shoo /ʃuː/ verb present participle shooing , past shooed

shoo sb away/off/out, etc

to make a person or animal leave a place by chasing them or shouting 'shoo' at them

shoo exclamation

astonishing /əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/ adjective

very surprising

It's astonishing that so many people believed his story.

astonishingly adverb

strenuous /ˈstrenjuəs/ adjective

using or needing a lot of effort

strenuous exercise

My list of extreme sports:

BASE Jumping: is very extreme activity that includes a parachute (can be used both parachute and wingsuit) to jump from fixed objects, with unopened parachute like skydiving. The acronym “B.A.S.E.” stands for: Building, Antenna, Span, Earth – four categories of objects from which B.A.S.E. jumper can jump.

Bodyboarding: is a kind of wave surfing. But instead of surfboard u have a rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam.

Canoeing: extreme canoeing (a.k.a whitewater canoeing or whitewater racing). These extreme guys race specialised canoes and kayaks down a dangerous whitewater rivers. There is also such a class like Extreme Canoe racing, that includes much more complicated rapids, leave it for real pros🙂

Cliff Jumping:

Extreme Motorsport: includes activities like supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross.

Freestyle motocross

Free Running: Parkour

Hangliding:

Ice Climbing:

Jet Skis:

Kitesurfing:

Extreme Biking:

BMX: Vert, Street, Dirt, Freestyle (Flatland)

Moto trials

Mountain Biking: Downhill, Freeride, Northshore, Slope Style and other

Paragliding:

Rock Climbing:

Sand Boarding:

Sand Kiting:

Scootering:

Skateboarding:

Skiing:

Snowboarding:

Snowkiting:

Surfing:

Windsurfing:

White Water Rafting:

Wingsuit sky diving:

keep (sb/sth) awake/clean/safe, etc

to remain in a particular state or make someone or something remain in a particular state

Thick socks help me keep warm.

He goes jogging twice a week to keep fit.

He keeps his car spotlessly clean.

toboggan /təˈbɒɡən $ -ˈbɑː-/ noun [countable] 

a light wooden board with a curved front, used for sliding down hills covered in snow → sledge

—tobogganing noun [uncountable]

/klaɪm/

ex‧haust‧ed /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd $ -ˈzɒːs-/

blown away

cling/klɪŋ/ /hang (on)

in the zone

flawlessly/ˈflɔːləslɪ $ ˈflɒː-/

vacillate

rally

dangling

foothold

a position from which you can start to make progress and achieve your aims

gain/establish a foothold

footing

[singular] a firm hold with your feet when you are standing on a dangerous surface

Seb struggled to keep his footing on the slippery path.

granite /ˈɡrænət/

summit /ˈsʌmɪt/

route /ruːt $ ruːt, raʊt/

abruptly /əˈbrʌptli/

glacier /ˈɡlæsiə $ ˈɡleɪʃər/

confectioner /kənˈfekʃənə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  someone who makes or sells sweets, cakes etc

put your foot down

a)to say very firmly that someone must do something or must stop doing something

You’ll just have to put your foot down and tell him he can’t stay out on school nights.

b) informal-> to make a car go faster

put your foot in it

especially British English, put your foot in your mouth especially American English to say something without thinking carefully, so that you embarrass or upset someone

I’ve really put my foot in it this time. I didn’t realize that was her husband!

rub salt into the wound

Give somebody an inch and they'll take a mile.

glass slick slab – as thin as a coin

freed of the prison

dangling like a spider

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

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Embark /ɪmˈbɑːk/ verb [ I ]

To get on a ship, boat, or aircraft to begin a journey

The opposite is disembark

Embark on/upon sth phrasal verb

To start something new or important

You're never too old to embark on a new career.

I don’t want to keep you long

Amazed by how quickly everything goes.

That’s where volunteers’ groups come in

A holiday job

It all led on from there

In that line of job