Vocabulary

• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• sign me up: To enlist; enroll; register
• have to: Must do
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• round up: To bring together; gather; collect
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• movie: Motion picture; film
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• missus: Someone's wife
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• girl: A female child; a young woman
• great: Very good; better than before
• nearer: Closer to where you are than
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
• clock: A device that shows the time
• apple: Hard round red or green fruit with a white center
• dancing: Moving in a series of steps in time to music
• teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• actor: Person who acts in the theater, movies, or TV
• win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
• monkey: An animal related to humans, which lives in trees
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• bike: 2-wheeled vehicle ridden by pushing on foot pedals
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• member: Part of the body of a human, animal
• fighter: Something or someone that fights
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• advertise: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• pill: Person who is difficult to deal with
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
• expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• bipolar: (Disorder) exhibiting extremes of behavior
• mental: Concerning the mind
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• widow: Woman whose husband has died
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• recovery: Process of returning to a former (good) state
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• restrain: To limit, restrict, or keep under control
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• russell: English film director (born in )
• morris: A traditional English folk dance, typically performed by men, characterized by rhythmic stepping and the use of props such as bells, sticks, or handkerchiefs.
• cooper: A craftsman who makes or repairs wooden barrels or tubs
• contender: Athlete or team competing (and likely) to win
• apartheid: System that separated people on the basis of race
• iggy: A short, informal name, often a nickname.
• harris: A common surname of English origin.
• disciple: Early follower of Jesus
• manic: Very excited in an almost uncontrollable way
• quincy: A city in Massachusetts, USA, named after Colonel Josiah Quincy.
• alibi: Proof you were somewhere else at time of a crime
• aggravate: To make a negative situation even worse
• weaver: Person who makes cloth by weaving
• ballroom: Large room used mainly for dancing