Vocabulary

• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• on the block: Available for sale; up for auction.
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• respect: To follow the established rules
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• tolerance: Ability to adjust to changes, your environment etc.
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• disruptive: Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
• point: An item to be discussed
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• bode: To be an omen for (good or bad events)
• latino: Person with a Spanish-speaking background
• unprepared: Without preparation; not prepared for