Vocabulary

• wake up: To stop sleeping
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• set back: To cost someone, often a large amount
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• hands down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• extreme: Very great in degree
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• silly: Careless
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• shrink: To become smaller
• favor: Support or approval from people
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• frightening: To make someone afraid or nervous
• clumsy: Moving or doing things awkwardly
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• invention: Something new that is different from other things
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• gadget: Interesting or unusual tool with a practical use
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• faint: To suddenly become unconscious and fall down
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• wrinkle: Small folds in the skin, e.g. as a sign of age
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• dizzy: Feeling light-headed and as if you might fall
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
• dimensional: Concerning how many planes an object exists in
• sue: Person's name
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• bloody: Covered or spotted with blood on the surface
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• rounder: More like a circle or sphere
• riddance: Act of removing or getting rid of something