Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• for a change: As something different from what is usual or normal.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• time for a change: A moment when it is appropriate or necessary to make a change.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• have to: Must do
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• dude: Form of address for a man
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• insecure: Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
• sarcastic: Being rude and critical
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• afford: To make available, to provide
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• grumpy: Easily annoyed and complaining
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• cinnamon: Sweet spice used in cooking or desserts
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• submarine: Ship that travels above and below the sea
• pungent: Being very strong in smell or taste
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• perfume: Liquid with a pleasing smell you put on your skin
• meadow: Flat field covered with grass and flowers
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• picture: General situation or state of being
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• gel: Thick substance, similar to jelly
• spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
• masculinity: Trait of behaving in ways typical of men
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• pumpkin: Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
• crusty: Having a hardened crust as a covering
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• sweetheart: Person loved by another person
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• sweetie: Person loved by someone; boyfriend, girlfriend
• joystick: Moveable manual control for computer games
• mace: Aerosol sprayed in the face to ward off attackers
• lilac: Garden tree, often with pale purple flowers
• hiya: Another way to say 'hi' or 'hello'