Vocabulary

• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• good luck charm: An object that is believed to bring good luck.
• drive in: To enter a place or area by driving a vehicle.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• at least: As a minimum
• have on: To be wearing something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• sub in: To replace someone temporarily, especially in sports.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• from the dead: Returned to life after being dead.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• blow: To move something using air
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• flirt: To behave playfully to arouse romantic interest
• leave: To go away from; depart
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• escort: Person going with you for protection/help/company
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• shut: To stop being open for business
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• charm: Quality of making people like you; attractiveness
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• infinity: State of being without end; endless time, space
• catchy: Being easy to like, remember (of songs)
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• festival: Cultural event with a program of events
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• dead: Not alive
• bullshit: Telling lies, nonsense (very rude)
• brat: Someone who has misbehaved, usually a child
• weirdly: In an odd or strange way
• devil: A spirit said to be evil
• jelly: Semisolid food substance, eaten as dessert
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• volleyball: Game of hitting ball over net using the hands
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• laurel: Common garden evergreen shrub
• brook: Small river
• bikini: Two-piece swim suit for women
• cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages