Vocabulary

• get it up: To find energy or motivation
• got to: To arrive at some place
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• deal with
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in the lead: Being ahead of others in a competition or race.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• tone with: To be consistent or appropriate in style or mood.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• in the meanwhile: During the time between two events.
• take down: To capture physically
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• have to: Must do
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• narrative: The telling of a story
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• leave: To go away from; depart
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• corrupt: To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
• giddy: Feeling dizzy, e.g. due to being spun around
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• prostitute: To sell your body; to exchange sex for money
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• trilogy: Series of three connected works
• mercenary: (Of soldiers) hired to fight for another country
• unable: Not being able to do something
• mafia: Secret criminal organization
• negotiable: That can be discussed to come to an agreement
• abduct: To take away by force, usually to get money
• equalizer: Electronic equipment reducing frequency distortion
• pimp: Man who solicits clients for prostitutes
• horseback: On horseback riding on the back of a horse
• teddy: A soft toy resembling a bear; teddy bear