Vocabulary

• catch up: To become equal with another person
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• have to: Must do
• crush on: To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• have the hots for: Feel strong romantic or sexual attraction to someone.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• in the scene: Present at the location where something is happening or has happened.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• make up: To invent or create a story
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• on the news: Reported or broadcasted as part of a news program.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look up to: To respect or admire someone
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• advanced technology: Cutting-edge or highly developed technology.
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• on the door: Situated on the surface or part of a door.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• get it together: To organize your life and become more responsible.
• going on: To continue doing something
• share in: To participate in something; to have a part or interest in something.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• couple: To join something to something else
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• role: Character played by an actor
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• mad: Very angry
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• hip: The upper part of Leg
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• great: Very good; better than before
• adamant: Determined not to change your opinion
• barbecue: Grill used for cooking food over an open fire
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• romantically: As part of a romance; as boyfriend/girlfriend
• motorcycle: Motorbike; vehicle with two wheels and an engine
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing