Vocabulary

• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• hang around: To spend time with someone
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• public: Owned by the government
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
• stop: To block or close something
• brown: Of the color of coffee or chocolate
• cab: A taxi