Vocabulary

• subway station: A station where passengers can board or exit a subway train.
• on sale: Available at a reduced price
• fill out: To become fatter
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• city center: The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
• head south: To decline, worsen, or go in a negative direction.
• at the corner: Situated where two streets or edges meet at an angle.
• by foot: Walking, instead of using transport
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• go shopping: To go to stores to buy things
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• amount: Quantity of something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• leave: To go away from; depart
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• merchandise: Goods for sale
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• intersection: Place where two things cross
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• additional: Further or added
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• fill: To make something full
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• luggage: Suitcases and bags
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• cathedral: Large impressive main church in a particular area
• refund: To give money back, e.g. if a product is faulty
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
• passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off