Vocabulary

• around town: In the local area or vicinity.
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• in pairs: Divided into or working as two people together.
• out of the ordinary : Unusual or remarkable; not typical.
• on the spot: Immediately; at that location.
• peel back: To gradually reveal or uncover something by removing layers or obstacles.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• spot: A certain place or area
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• leave: To go away from; depart
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• attire: Clothing (especially fine clothes and fashion)
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• vengeful: Serving to gain vengeance
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• trench: Long narrow hole dug in the ground
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• slit: To make a narrow cut
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• wrath: (Literary) extreme and sometimes violent anger
• bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
• slay: To kill violently
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• beware: To be careful, used in warning someone
• samurai: Japanese warrior from centuries ago
• scissor: To cut with or as if with scissors
• disfigure: To damage the appearance or attractiveness of