Vocabulary

• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• in solidarity: With unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; showing support or sympathy.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• go on: To continue doing something
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• set up
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• game on: An exclamation indicating the start of a game or activity.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• draw on: To come to its end
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• write in: To add text to a document or form.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• aid: To help others and provide things
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• convention: Official agreement between two or more countries
• communist: Believer in communism
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• monopoly: Complete market control for a service or product
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
• stern: Being very severe, strict, or serious
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• business: A company formed for making profit
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
• lane: Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
• part: Division of a book
• collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• con: To trick or deceive someone
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
• crippling: To hurt and make useless
• history: Established pattern or record
• hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• scrabble: To search quickly through a pile of objects
• intermediary: Person who acts in behalf of, instead of others
• dangerously: In a dangerous way; so that someone could be hurt
• bc: Before Christ; used after dates/years