Vocabulary

• wait up: To wait for a while, e.g. for someone to join you
• ring in: To call by telephone.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
• piece: A counter in a board game
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• propose: To make an offer of marriage
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• lukewarm: Being unenthusiastic about something
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• jacket: Light, thin coat worn over a shirt or top
• goody: Something specially nice, like candies
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar