Vocabulary

• on the beat: Assigned to patrol a specific route or area.
• fuck about: To waste time or behave in a silly, unproductive way.
• pull the plug: To stop or end an activity or project.
• lead to: To result in some action
• style up: To improve or enhance someone’s style or appearance.
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• in reverse: In the opposite direction.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• hustle: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• mad: Very angry
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• business: A company formed for making profit
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• cross: Angry and upset
• rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• chatter: To talk a lot in a casual manner
• loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
• neck: Part of the body joining the head and the body
• sheen: Soft, smooth, shiny quality, as of glossy hair
• sex: State of being male or female
• kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
• froggy: Childish form of 'frog'
• missus: Someone's wife