Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in a flash: Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
• on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• at first sight: Immediately on seeing someone or something for the first time; based on a first impression.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• sit around: To spend time idly; to do nothing in particular.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• got to: To arrive at some place
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• at least: As a minimum
• run away together: Escape secretly as a couple to begin a new life.
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• pass up: To reject an offer or suggestion
• flashes of lightning: Brief bursts of bright light produced by electrical discharge during a thunderstorm.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• lead to: To result in some action
• in truth: In fact; actually; really
• live out: To experience something, especially something that you have planned or hoped for.
• in the stars: Determined by fate or destiny.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• love: Person's name
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• night: Time when sun does not shine
• live: To be alive
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• girl: A female child; a young woman
• read: Person's name
• letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• father: A male parent
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• church: Building where Christians gather and pray to God
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• history: Established pattern or record
• sex: State of being male or female
• youth: Being young; time when you are young
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• romance: To court someone into a love relationship
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• tale: Story that is not true
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• literary: Concerning writers or the profession of writing
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• combined: To mix several things together to form one thing
• cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• idealistic: Wanting everything to be perfect or good
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• ethically: As regards moral principles and rules of behavior
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• woe: Feeling of great pain or sadness; unhappiness
• transcendental: (Of an experience) very influential; exceptional
• unjust: Not fair; not deserved
• emo
• sully: To make dirty; soil or tarnish
• invoke: To appeal for help/protection to higher authority
• patriarchal: Of social organization in which older men rule
• ambivalent: Not sure what you feel about something
• sonnet: 14-line poetic verse form with fixed rhyme pattern
• bliss: Great joy or happiness
• nightingale: Songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song
• fiery: Of or like fire; hot or angry
• prose: Writing that is not a poem
• guacamole: Dip made of avocado, garlic and other seasoning