Vocabulary

• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• at a distance: Far away; not close.
• on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
• at least: As a minimum
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• have to: Must do
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• sit back: To relax and take it easy.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• root for: To support a sports team
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• get on with: To have a good relationship with someone
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• rational: Able to think clearly
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• hatred: Very strong feeling of dislike; hate
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• tale: Story that is not true
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• anguish: Great suffering caused by pain, worry, unhappiness
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• client: Person paying for professional services
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• ferocious: Very fierce or intense
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• courteous: Polite; showing good manners and consideration
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• needy: Poor; without much money
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• witty: Making a joke in a clever or intelligent way
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• infuse: To soak tea, etc. in hot water, oil etc.
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• knit: To join or be joined closely together
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• wit: Ability to make clever jokes and remarks quickly
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• champagne: French sparkling drink used for celebrations
• bullshit: Telling lies, nonsense (very rude)
• banter: Type of friendly, joking talk
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• satirical: Exposing human folly to ridicule
• smother: To cover something or someone completely
• thorny: Being very complex and hard to solve
• ballpark: Facility in which ball games are played
• enslave: To make someone live like a slave
• ivy: Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
• roach: Another name for cockroach, an insect