Vocabulary

• rock bottom: The lowest possible level or point.
• have to: Must do
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• get with it: To understand and become involved in what is happening.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• change your mind
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• for nothing: Without payment or reward; to no purpose or effect; in vain
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• dude: Form of address for a man
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• shrink: To become smaller
• afford: To make available, to provide
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• darn: Hole in a piece of cloth that has been repaired
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• management: People who are in control of a business or group
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• redeem: To exchange (coupon/voucher) for merchandise, etc.
• qualify: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
• portal: Type of gate or entry point, e.g. to the internet
• hardcore: (Of sex films, etc.) extremely explicit
• crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
• shrunk: To become smaller
• outrun: To run faster than
• underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
• rifle: Group of soldiers armed with rifles
• galactic: Concerning a galaxy
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• umbrella: Including many smaller things of the same type
• vend: To offer something for sale or to sell something
• cowboy: Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)