Vocabulary

• off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
• bottle off: To block or close off an area temporarily.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• curb: Anything that restrains or controls
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• act: To behave in a certain way
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• deep: Complex and important
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• truth: Real facts about something
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• tail: Extended part at the back of an animal's body
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• weekend: Saturday and Sunday, after the normal working week
• angel: Supernatural human figure from heaven with wings
• teamwork: Cooperative work done by a team