Vocabulary

• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• step down: To reduce the amount of something
• go on: To continue doing something
• due to: Because of; owing to
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• carry out
• in the red: Operating at a loss; in debt.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• allow for: To take into consideration
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• page in: Contact someone by pager urgently.
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• in full force: With maximum power or intensity.
• at least: As a minimum
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• go away: To go on vacation
• below freezing: At a temperature lower than 0°C or 32°F.
• plunge into: To begin doing something with great enthusiasm or to become very involved in something.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• jump off: To leave a path or designated area.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• get behind: To support or encourage.
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• role: Character played by an actor
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• important: Having power or authority
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• monarch: A king or queen
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• frigid: (Especially of women) sexually unresponsive
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mount: To attach something to something else
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• cross: Angry and upset
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
• defiant: Refusing to obey (rules, parent); resistant
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• royal: Excellent or grand; suitable for a king or queen
• captivity: State of being held against your will (in prison)
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• ledge: Flat surface that sticks out from a wall of rock
• casanova: Man who tries to have sex with many women