Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• going on: To continue doing something
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• go on: To continue doing something
• in the can: Completed; successfully finished.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• making music: The act of creating or performing music.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• positive impact: A beneficial or advantageous effect.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• get stuck in: To become enthusiastically involved in something.
• past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
• look up to: To respect or admire someone
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• regardless of
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• younger: More young than
• happy: Feeling pleasure or joy; glad
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• love: Person's name
• playing: To act the part of a character in movies, on stage
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• music: Sounds that are sung or played to give pleasure
• thinking: To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• drum: To make a rhythmic sound with your fingers
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• comic: Person who stands on a stage and tells jokes
• badly: Not in a good way; not as wanted or liked
• engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
• biology: The study of living things
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
• surround: To be all the way around something
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• documentary: Supported by written evidence
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• weigh: To balance things against each other
• couple: To join something to something else
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• inventor: Person who creates new machines, systems etc.
• genetics: Studies of how things develop between generations
• fortunate: Having good luck
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• roller: Long round piece of wood for flattening dough
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• derive: To come from another thing
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• embodiment: The perfect example of a concept; personification
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
• snare: To trap using a device or clever trick
• halftime: Rest time between two periods of a game
• percussion: Musical instruments, such as cymbals or triangle
• harness: To capture the power of something
• homecoming: Act of returning home
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• scouting: To watch or search for something or someone
• biochemistry: Science of chemical processes in living things
• apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
• catapult: Weapon that projects rocks from an elastic strap
• coaster: Mat placed under a glass to protect furniture
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college