Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• work out
• deal with
• have to: Must do
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• flip through: To look quickly through a book or magazine.
• hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
• off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• those times: A period in the past, often remembered fondly.
• get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
• walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
• respond: To answer something or someone
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• person: Man, woman or child
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• battle: Military fight between armies
• payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
• cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
• unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
• bamboo: Long light Asian plant with strong, empty stems
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• severance: Money received when you are let go from a company
• ray: Person's name
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• whoop: Loud cry expressing excitement or happiness
• unquestionably: With certainty