Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• on end: Continuously; without stopping.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• blood and guts: Very violent or graphic, showing or describing serious injury.
• bound with: Tied or fastened with a rope, cord, or other material.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• material: Cloth; fabric
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• respond: To answer something or someone
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
• tale: Story that is not true
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• myriad: Very large quantity of something
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
• fairy: Small imaginary being that can do magic
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• shut: To stop being open for business
• bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
• darn: Hole in a piece of cloth that has been repaired
• wreak: To cause something damaging or violent to happen
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• rehearsal: Practicing e.g. play, speech before a performance
• armpit: Hollow place under your arm at the shoulder
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
• hood: Front part of the car that covers the engine
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• feral: Wild; behaving like a wild animal
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• tortoise: Slow moving animal with a hard protective shell
• wolf: A dog-like wild animal
• hare: Fast animal similar to a rabbit but larger
• shriek: Loud high-pitched sound or scream
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• pickpocket: Thief stealing from pockets , purses in public
• behead: To execute by cutting off the head
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother