Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• torn between: Unable to decide between two conflicting choices or desires.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• roll back
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• at least: As a minimum
• going on: To continue doing something
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• impress: To make an emotional impact upon
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• physician: A medical doctor
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• torn: To move very quickly, often with carelessness
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
• keystone: Central building block at the top of an arch
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
• vend: To offer something for sale or to sell something