Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• stand in for: To take the role of another person
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• descend into: To go down into a place.
• close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• at least: As a minimum
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• crime drama: A genre of film or television that focuses on crimes and their investigation.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• look away: To turn your eyes in a different direction, especially because you are embarrassed, frightened, or upset.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
• culminate in: To reach the highest point or final stage; to result in.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• bells and whistles: Attractive but often nonessential features; ornamentation.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• leave no stone unturned: To try every possible means to achieve something.
• in store: About to happen in the future
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• fever dream: A vivid and disturbing dream experienced during a fever.
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• tv show: A television program.
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• narrative: The telling of a story
• incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• grasp: Person's control over something
• surreal: Concerning surrealism
• realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
• eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• leave: To go away from; depart
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• static: Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• mad: Very angry
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• mythology: Myths of a particular culture or group of people
• suffocate: To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe
• admittedly: Used to show (slight or unwilling) agreement
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• gruesome: Showing horrible scenes, e.g. showing blood
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• torment: Great mental or physical pain
• quaint: Appealing and attractive in an outdated way
• convict: Person in prison
• evil: Act considered morally bad
• psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• utopia: Imagined perfect society
• accompany: To play music with someone
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• excessively: In a manner more than is necessary; too much
• timeless: Never-ending; everlasting; eternal
• trance: Daydreaming state; unaware state
• twilight: Period of time just as the sun sets
• long: Person's name
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• freaky: Strange and somewhat frightening
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• soundtrack: The songs connected to a movie
• history: Established pattern or record
• otherworldly: Not belonging to this world; alien; weird
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• jarring: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• television: Device that broadcasts programs, movies or show
• supernatural: Being unable to be explained by natural causes
• ghastly: Frightening or horrible to the senses
• sit: To take an exam
• painfully: In or as if in pain
• twin: Two children born from same mother at same time
• quicksand: Pit of loose wet sand which sucks objects into it
• rabbit: Type of small animal with long ears and four legs