Vocabulary

• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• catch on: To become popular; start to be used
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• no laughing matter: Something serious that should not be treated humorously.
• furious about: Extremely angry about something.
• knock it off: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• gobble up: To eat something quickly and greedily.
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• once upon a time: A conventional phrase used to begin fairy tales and other stories.
• upon a time: An introductory phrase used to begin a story, typically a fairy tale.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• down the middle: In or along the center of something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• harvest time: The season when crops are gathered from the fields.
• for the last time: Used to emphasize that something is said or done finally or repeatedly.
• against you: In opposition to you.
• give it up: To stop trying to do something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• in unison: Together; at the same time; in a way that shows complete agreement
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
• going on: To continue doing something
• thankful for: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• dude: Form of address for a man
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• feast: Religious celebration
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• clumsy: Moving or doing things awkwardly
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• shut: To stop being open for business
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• part: Division of a book
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• marshmallow: Spongy candy made of gelatin and sugar
• gobble: To eat or swallow something quickly
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• thermometer: Instrument for measuring temperature
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• logic: Proper, valid sensible reasoning
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• casserole: Type of food cooked in a round dish; the dish
• nude: Completely unclothed
• doorstep: Wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• bum: (Slang) the part of the body on which you sit
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• salt: Natural white crystal used to flavor food
• wobble: To be indecisive; hesitate
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
• pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• bean: Large seed eaten as a vegetable
• cranberry: Small, dark-red berry used for juice, etc.
• grape: Fruit from which wine is made
• ski: Long thin board for the feet for moving on show
• grapefruit: Large sour yellowish fruit with sour juice
• juice: Liquids (often squeezed from vegetables, fruit)
• baste: To moisten meat with its juices when cooking
• cheerleader: One who chants and dances to encourage sports team
• putt: To hit a golf ball along the ground to the hole
• midget: Very small thing or person
• hoo: Dialect West Yorkshire and Lancashire she