Vocabulary

• get a hold: To make contact with someone
• got to: To arrive at some place
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• came up short: To fail to achieve a desired goal or result; to not have enough of something.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• leave: To go away from; depart
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• triumph: Joy from victory or success
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• exit: A door that you go through to leave a place
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• price: Person's name
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• up: To act suddenly and unexpectedly
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• afro: Rounded curly hairdo