Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• go on: To continue doing something
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• lay out: To show or explain your plans carefully
• check out
• root for: To support a sports team
• at least: As a minimum
• flush out: To force someone or something out of a hiding place.
• see to: To attend to; take care of
• going on: To continue doing something
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• balance beam: A narrow horizontal beam used in gymnastics for performing balancing exercises.
• from start to finish: Covering the whole process from beginning to end.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• in motion: Moving; not stationary.
• have it out for: To hold a grudge against someone and treat them badly.
• in flames: Burning fiercely
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• obnoxious: Annoying or rude; offensive
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• ominous: Indicating something bad or unpleasant will happen
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• occasional: Not happening often; irregular; rare
• defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• irritate: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• protagonist: Main character in a story
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• erotic: Concerning sex; arousing sexual desire
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• mortal: Destined to die; causing death
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• demise: Concerning a death
• fatality: Death resulting from an accident or a disaster
• malfunction: A failure of something to work properly
• tan: A light brown color
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• arrogance: Rude manner from belief you are better than others
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• agonizing: To suffer painfully over something; be in agony
• installment: One of many payments you have to make
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• reel: To wind something in on a reel; pull something in
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• plane: An airplane
• coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
• sum: Amount when all is added together; total
• death: When someone dies; the end of life
• tangle: To involve in troubles that are hard to escape
• unaware: Not knowing that something is happening
• pool: Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• suction: Process of extracting air, as to cause to stick
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt