Vocabulary

• all hands on deck: A call for everyone to work together in a difficult situation.
• on deck: In baseball, being the next batter to come up to bat.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• turn on
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• pick me up: To collect someone or something from a place.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• send off: To force someone to leave a game
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• send up: To make fun of by Imitating
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• take it easy
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• last person: The individual who is the final one in a sequence or group.
• keep up with the Joneses : To try to own all the same expensive objects and do all the same things as your friends or neighbours, in order to seem as successful as them
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• freak out: To react or behave in a wild or irrational way
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• due to: Because of; owing to
• check out
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• surreal: Concerning surrealism
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• patron: Person buying products or services of a business
• role: Character played by an actor
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• sequel: Story, movie etc. that follows another similar one
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• acclaim: To give strong or public praise to
• mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• extraterrestrial: Originating, located or occurring outside Earth
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• wholesome: Good for you; promoting health in a person/thing
• encouragement: Act of increasing the chance of a thing happening
• employ: To use something for a specific task
• kid: Child or young person
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• cameo: Brief appearance by a famous person in a movie
• actor: Person who acts in the theater, movies, or TV
• ruse: Crafty plan; stratagem; subterfuge
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• bell: Metal object shaped like a cup that rings when hit
• late: At a time after the expected time
• sheen: Soft, smooth, shiny quality, as of glossy hair
• avenger: Someone who takes revenge on someone
• dingy: Dark in an unpleasant way, often looking dirty
• buddhism: Religion devoted to the teaching of Buddha
• fun: Amusing and enjoyable
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• tagline: Ending line in a joke or story that make a point
• jump: To attack someone suddenly
• terminator: Another name for exterminator
• visitor: Someone who goes to a place to see it (or someone)
• idol: Person who is greatly admired
• shotgun: Double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon
• motorcycle: Motorbike; vehicle with two wheels and an engine
• topper: A worker who cuts tops off (e.g. of trees)