Vocabulary

• on a trip: Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• behind with: Having failed to pay money that is owed at the time you should have.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• check into: To register at a hotel or similar establishment.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• leave: To go away from; depart
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• hop: Dance party
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• cross: Angry and upset
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• happen: To take place or occur
• anymore: No longer; no more
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• getaway: Rapid escape (as by criminals)
• excite: To make something or someone become more active
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• bath: Long container you fill with hot water to wash in
• phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
• lego: Child's plastic construction set