Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• hit on: To discover an idea, etc. by chance
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• have to: Must do
• put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
• on the regular: Frequently; regularly; often.
• deal with
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
• sad sack: A person who is regarded as pathetic, unlucky, or incompetent.
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
• annoying: To make someone angry
• narrative: The telling of a story
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• flirt: To behave playfully to arouse romantic interest
• quantity: A large amount of something
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• verbal: Concerning verbs
• emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• dope: Someone you think it stupid or a fool
• feminist: Person believing women have the same rights as men
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• bait: Piece of food used to catch or trap an animal
• part: Division of a book
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• inquiry: Process of seeking information
• pluck: Quality of bravery or determination
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• boulder: Big rock, usually round in shape
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• aptitude: Natural gift allowing quick learning of something
• plane: An airplane
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• coyote: Wild dog that is found in North America
• arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
• daisy: Small, white flower that has a yellow center
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• sect: Small, sometimes secret, religious group
• sweetheart: Person loved by another person
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• info: Shortened form of the word 'information'