Vocabulary

• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• catch on: To become popular; start to be used
• got to: To arrive at some place
• light on: To illuminate something.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• go away: To go on vacation
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• have to: Must do
• barely: Only just; just possible
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• dude: Form of address for a man
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• spray: To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• pat: Person's name
• tan: A light brown color
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• booth: Small area where someone does something privately
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• picture: General situation or state of being
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• happen: To take place or occur
• ivory: Hard cream-colored substance forming tusks
• duet: Piece of music for two players or singers
• bitch: To aggressively complain about something
• darker: Having less light; less light in color
• ebony: Dark brown timber from a tropical tree
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy