Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• pick up the pieces: Begin to recover after a failure or disaster.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• dude: Form of address for a man
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• chill: State of being a little cold
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
• noble: Being admirable and honorable in character
• quarter: 25 cents
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• assassinate: To murder a famous or public figure
• befriend: To make a friend of someone