Vocabulary

• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• heart and soul: With great enthusiasm and commitment.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• groove on: To enjoy and move rhythmically to music.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• at least: As a minimum
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• follow your nose: To go straight ahead or trust your instincts to find something.
• lip smacking: Making a smacking sound with the lips, often implying enjoyment or greed.
• around the corner: Very near; close by.
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• sober: Not drunk
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• prosperous: Being successful and having a lot of money
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
• smack: To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• balcony: Platform with a rail projecting out of a building
• porch: Roofed structure over the entrance of a building
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• mansion: Very large, expensive home
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• commerce: Buying and selling of goods and services; trade
• trolley: Cart with wheels, e.g. in a supermarket or airport
• epicenter: Point directly above the focus of an earthquake
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• avenue
• hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• subterranean: Living or situated below the surface of the earth
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• solace: Comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation
• cotton: Soft, white material used to make cloth
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• fiery: Of or like fire; hot or angry
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• soundtrack: The songs connected to a movie
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• museum: Building to display art/science/history objects
• charcoal: Burnt wood used for fuel/drawing
• rendezvous: An arranged meeting with someone (often a secret)
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• plantation: A large area of plants, usually in a hot climate
• lip: Edge of a hole or container
• uplift: To make someone feel happier or more hopeful
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
• joyous: Causing or indicating great happiness and pleasure
• prophetic: Having to do with correctly predicting the future
• bourbon: Type of whiskey made in the US
• karat: Unit measuring purity of gold/weight of diamond