Vocabulary

• catch on: To become popular; start to be used
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• scratching the surface: To deal with a subject or problem without analyzing it thoroughly.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• have to: Must do
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• like a man: To act bravely or responsibly.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• of ours: Belonging to us; associated with us.
• pick me up: To collect someone or something from a place.
• go on: To continue doing something
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• niche: Small part of a market representing an opportunity
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• own: To have something as your property
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• land: Region or country
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• sketchy: Lacking detail or being incomplete
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• knit: To join or be joined closely together
• unsuspecting: Not feeling doubts or suspicions
• horn: Device that makes a loud warning noise
• amphibious: Operating or living on land and in water
• gimmick: Trick or device used to attract or draw attention
• diabetic: Concerning diabetes; suffering from diabetes
• extinguisher: Device used to put out fires
• caretaker: Job of taking care of others or their property
• seatbelt: Strong belt in a car to hold you in your seat
• wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict
• barb: Sharp point which curves backwards