Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• some time ago: At a point in the past; not recently.
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• regardless of
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• die off: To decrease in number so few or none are left
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• riot: Person, thing, or event that is extremely funny
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• master: To gain control over something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• fill: To make something full
• corporation: Big company or a combination of several companies
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• quit: To leave a job
• person: Man, woman or child
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• penny: Person's name
• backbone: Strength and determination
• cane: To beat someone with a stick as punishment
• snitch: To take by theft; to steal
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• restroom: Toilet; bathroom
• cowboy: Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)