Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• leg it: To run away
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• take after: To resemble (an older family member); favor
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• lead to: To result in some action
• have to: Must do
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• go on: To continue doing something
• on the line: At risk; in a situation where something could be lost.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• knock it off: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• stiff: Slang term for a dead body
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• leave: To go away from; depart
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• altogether: All things considered
• stubborn: Unwilling to give way or obey
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• fill: To make something full
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• disability: Condition limiting your ability to do something
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• alike: Equally; applied equally to several people/things
• famous: Excellent
• apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
• thirsty: Having a powerful desire or need for something
• homemade: Made at home, not in a factory
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• drugstore: Retail shop selling medicine and other articles
• volleyball: Game of hitting ball over net using the hands
• buzzer: Button that rings when pushed
• sandy: Person's name
• babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
• fireman: Male firefighter
• songwriter: Composer of words or music for popular songs