Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• going on: To continue doing something
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• hook up with: To meet or connect with someone.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• on the spot: Immediately; at that location.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
• chase after: To try hard to get something/achieve a dream, etc.
• in the heat of the moment: Acting impulsively due to intense emotion or pressure.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• furious: Extremely angry
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• garment: Piece of clothing
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• accusation: When you claim that someone has committed a crime
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• spoiler: Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• finale: Last part of a musical piece or performance
• agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
• knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
• bombshell: Unexpected, shocking piece of news
• ivy: Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
• relive: To remember a past time or event
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
• vodka: Alcoholic spirit distilled from potatoes, etc.
• estrange: To cause to be no longer connected or close to