Vocabulary

• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• have to: Must do
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
• on cloud nine
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• strength: Condition of being strong
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• literacy: Fact of having knowledge of a particular subject
• dawn: First light of day
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• terrorist: Radical who employs terror as a political weapon
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• picture: General situation or state of being
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• handmade: Made by hand or a hand process