Vocabulary

• of late: Recently; lately.
• apartment building: A building with many apartments or flats
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• binge: To eat or drink too much at one time
• assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
• afford: To make available, to provide
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
• laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
• click: To work well with someone or something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• pillow: Soft cushion for your head on a bed/while sleeping
• whatsoever: Used to add emphasis to an idea being expressed
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• wrinkle: Small folds in the skin, e.g. as a sign of age
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• great: Very good; better than before
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• weep: To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
• landlord: Someone who owns and rents a place to people
• sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• hypothetically: In a hypothetical way; as an example
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way