Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• dropping out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• work out
• change your mind
• have to: Must do
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• mental: Concerning the mind
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• respect: To follow the established rules
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• competent: Fully qualified or capable of doing
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• great: Very good; better than before
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• downfall: Sudden loss of status/reputation/money