Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• check out
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• want out: To desire to withdraw or escape from a situation, agreement, or commitment.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• on to: Toward something; forward
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• no go: A failure; something that does not proceed as planned.
• no dice: An expression indicating refusal or that something is not possible.
• sit down: To take a seat
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• keep it up: To continue doing something well
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• on the house: Free; paid for by the establishment.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• neck and neck: So close in a race or competition that it's difficult to tell who is winning.
• under arrest: Being held by the police; formally detained.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• soap up: To cover with soap creating lather for cleaning.
• go on: To continue doing something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• going on: To continue doing something
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
• sign off: To end communications, e.g. by radio
• off the rails: Out of control; behaving unpredictably.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• mental: Concerning the mind
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• blow: To move something using air
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• pun: Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• quota: Specific number you must make or are allowed
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• squint: To look through narrowed eyes
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• owl: Bird with large eyes that hunts at night
• confinement: Action of holding or imprisoning someone
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
• muffin: Small sweet cake that often contains fruit
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• neck: Part of the body joining the head and the body
• pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• bicep: Muscle of the front upper arm