Vocabulary

• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• have to: Must do
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• hole up: To hide oneself; to take refuge.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• poverty: State of being poor
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strength: Condition of being strong
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• hustle: To make someone move quickly by pushing them
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• millionaire: Person with 1,000,000 dollars, euros etc. or more
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• workforce: The total number of working people
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• hood: Front part of the car that covers the engine
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• razor: Tool with a sharp edge used to shave beard or hair
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lobe: Round part in body, e.g. some parts of brain
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• intellect: Ability to think with reason and intelligence
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• bulky: Large and awkward to carry or put somewhere
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• heyday: Period when someone, thing was successful, popular
• unleashed: To release or let an animal go
• dishwasher: Machine for washing dishes
• indict: To accuse someone of doing something wrong
• earring: Jewelry for the ear, e.g. a stud or pendant
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar