Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• try on: To wear something briefly to check it fits, etc.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• have to: Must do
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• picking out: To choose or select one item from many
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• bring back: To cause to remember
• go towards: To move in the direction of someone or something.
• take good care: To look after someone or something well; ensure their well-being.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• go along with: To agree to do something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• cover up: To hide something bad; conceal
• go on: To continue doing something
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• suck in: To inhale or draw something into the mouth or lungs.
• button up: To fasten the buttons of a garment.
• kind of sad: Slightly sad; a little bit melancholy.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on the bow: Located at the front part of a ship or boat.
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• in terms of
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• check out
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• shrink: To become smaller
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• nostalgic: Feeling sad, but positive about memories/the past
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• piece: A counter in a board game
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• picky: Careful about deciding on things; hard to please
• itchy: Nervous and unable to relax
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• blouse: Loose women's shirt
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• rouge: Makeup that makes your cheeks pinker or red
• treble: Highest musical range of sounds
• anchorage: Condition of (boat) being secured to a base
• clef: Musical symbol on a staff showing pitch of notes
• frilly: Having decorative ruffles or frills