Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• have to: Must do
• go with the flow: To accept and adapt to events without resistance.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• hold forth: To speak at length, often in a formal or opinionated way.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• couple: To join something to something else
• outrageous: Exceeding the usual limits; far too extreme
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• tribute: Something that is said or done to show respect
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• act: To behave in a certain way
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• great: Very good; better than before
• affectionate: Having or displaying warmth or affection
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• tart: Dish baked in an open pastry case
• confine: To hold or imprison someone in a place
• parody: Humorous or satirical imitations of something
• theatrical: Done in a dramatic way, so that people notice
• choreograph: To arrange the movements of dances and dancers
• aurora: Solar wind electrical activity in the night sky
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• jewel: Precious stone like a diamond; gem
• adaptable: Having the ability to change to new conditions
• classical: Concerning the culture of ancient Greece or Rome
• ballet: Form of theater telling a story in music and dance
• maniacal: Wildly disordered mentally
• tartar: Yellow material that forms on the teeth and gums