Vocabulary

• in the streets: Located or happening outdoors in public roads or areas.
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• have to: Must do
• hop in: To get in or on a vehicle
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• one round: A single period of fighting in a boxing match.
• on the bench: Not actively playing in a game; in reserve.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• afford: To make available, to provide
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• nerd: Intelligent but single-minded expert in a field
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• respect: To follow the established rules
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• hop: Dance party
• tempt: To make someone want something, even if it's bad
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• stable: In a position where something does not fall over
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• quit: To leave a job
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• deep: Complex and important
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• gist: Main points of something
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
• kinship: Strong tie to a person or group of people
• cracker: Something excellent or that you really like
• crib: Young child's bed with barred side; cot
• punk: Violent or criminal young man
• bitch: To aggressively complain about something
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• quicksand: Pit of loose wet sand which sucks objects into it
• interception: Preventing something from proceeding or arriving
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
• coupe: Car with two doors and a downward sloping back