Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• high voice: A voice with a high pitch or frequency.
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• edge in: To insert oneself into a group or conversation gradually.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• next to: Being located along side another
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• play around: To cheat on your partner romantically
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• step into: To enter a place or situation.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• sanity: Normal or sound powers of mind
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• edgy: Feelings of tension and anxiety
• vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
• brat: Someone who has misbehaved, usually a child
• octave: Range of notes in an 8-note musical scale
• bubbly: Full of bubbles, like a soda
• squeaky: Making a high-pitched sound, like a mouse
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• larynx: Hollow organ in throat containing the vocal chords
• tenor: Male with the natural highest adult singing voice
• yogi: Person with high level of spirituality from yoga