Vocabulary

• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• at random
• pointing at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• all bets are off: Used to say that no plans or predictions can be relied upon.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• family man: A man who is devoted to his family and considers their needs to be very important.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• family dynamic: The pattern of relationships and interactions between family members.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• dude up: To dress stylishly or smartly.
• drink out: To consume all the drinks available at a place.
• going on: To continue doing something
• goes well: To happen in the way desired
• on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• dude: Form of address for a man
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• mad: Very angry
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy