Vocabulary

• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• in the clouds: Lost in thought; daydreaming or distracted.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• burn: To destroy with fire
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• trance: Daydreaming state; unaware state
• devil: A spirit said to be evil
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• magic: Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
• bra: Woman’s undergarment worn to support the breasts
• moonlight: To work at a second job (often late at night)
• abracadabra: A word said when someone performs a magic trick