Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• making ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• leave out: To forget; omit
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• left out: To forget; omit
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• in style: Fashionable; popular
• at least: As a minimum
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
• generous: Giving or ready to give freely
• favor: Support or approval from people
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• leave: To go away from; depart
• tale: Story that is not true
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• century: Period of 100 years
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• custom: Person's regular, daily habit or practice
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• fill: To make something full
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• stranger: Someone you do not know
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• chimney: Part of a building through which smoke escapes
• origin: Point at which something begins or is created
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• specialize: To focus on one area of a field or profession
• hay: Dry grass used as food for animals
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• plump: Large and round; slightly fat, in a pleasant way
• fireplace: Open area in a wall where a fire can be built
• nick: Person's name
• morph: (Of computer animation) to gradually change shape
• donkey: Animal like a small horse used to transport things
• eve: The time just before something happens
• fantastical: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• giver: Someone who gives
• oversize: Larger than normal for its kind