Vocabulary

• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• break up
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• set on: To attack
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• blow: To move something using air
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• respect: To follow the established rules
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• rebellious: Wanting to do things your way; resisting authority
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• declaration: Stating the cost of things purchased overseas
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• person: Man, woman or child
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• great: Very good; better than before
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• dental: Concerning the teeth
• scum: Layer of unpleasant stuff forming on top of liquid
• awhile: For a while; for a short time
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
• abbey: Religious building in a Christian community