Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• put away: To put things in a closet, etc.; tidy up
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• over the head: Too difficult for someone to understand or grasp.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• fit into: To be small enough to go inside something.
• in the space of: Within a certain period of time.
• sign over: To transfer ownership or rights by signing a document.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• in keeping with: In agreement with; consistent with.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• coming of age: The process of reaching adulthood; the transition from childhood to adulthood.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• turned upside down: In an inverted position; reversed or disordered.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• itching to: Desperate (to do something)
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• pile out: To get out of a vehicle or leave a small space quickly.
• in arms: Bearing weapons; ready for or engaged in fighting.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• kick off: To start a football match.
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• sit down: To take a seat
• go on: To continue doing something
• in the trenches: Engaged directly and actively in difficult work or conflict.
• hand up: To raise one's hand in order to get attention, especially in a classroom.
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• annoying: To make someone angry
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• census: Survey to collect data about people in an area
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• monarch: A king or queen
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• charm: Quality of making people like you; attractiveness
• prop: Moveable item used on the set of a theater/film
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• lane: Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
• plaque: Sign on building as a reminder of an event/person
• champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
• cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
• kingdom: Category of the natural world
• psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• suffragette: Woman who fought for women's right to vote
• maharaja: A Hindu prince or king in India ranking above raja