Vocabulary

• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• have to: Must do
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• win over: To convince others to support you or your ideas
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• in the pocket: Having secured or certain success or advantage.
• circle up: To move into a circular formation.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• cool out: To calm down or relax after being angry or upset.
• up the hill: In an upward direction on a slope or hill.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• roger that: Acknowledge and confirm receipt and understanding of a message or instruction.
• hit on: To discover an idea, etc. by chance
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• sin: Act that breaks a religious law
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• jurisdiction: Specific area of legal authority
• ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
• uphold: To support to keep it being used as it should
• affirm: To state, strengthen or support a belief you have
• cartel: Groups united for a common (illegal) action
• bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
• upstairs: On a floor above
• lace: To add an amount of liquor to a food or drink
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• extraction: Process of taking something out of something else
• sniper: Person who shoots at people from a hidden position
• vigil: Staying up all night, as to watch over sick person
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• doorway: The space that a door can close
• checkpoint: Place where a traveler's ID is checked
• victor: Person who wins a game or other competition
• para: Shortened form of paragraph