Vocabulary

• straighten up: To make something tidy; to put things in their correct place.
• stiffen up: To become rigid or difficult to move.
• pull together: To work hard and cooperate with other people in order to achieve something
• on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
• on the news: Reported or broadcasted as part of a news program.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• on the block: Available for sale; up for auction.
• fall apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• firsthand: Received directly from a source
• carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
• confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• rob: Person's name
• apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• shine: To point a light in a certain direction
• bum: (Slang) the part of the body on which you sit
• soldier: Person working in an army to fight
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• neck: Part of the body joining the head and the body
• hush: To make or become calm, quiet after being upset
• til: Until
• piggy: Childish name for pig
• mama: A mother
• papa: Another word for father