Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on end: Continuously; without stopping.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• draws out: To lengthen (far beyond the normal limits)
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• ask out: To ask someone to go on a date
• go on: To continue doing something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• tip up: To (cause to) turn so that one end is higher than the other; overturn.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• contrast with: To be strikingly different from something else.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• section: A part of a whole
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• abrupt: Very sudden, often in a bad way
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• part: Division of a book
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
• smoothly: In an evenly flowing manner or movement
• repeat: Action that is done again
• melody: Song; music
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
• elm: Type of tree with large, curved branches
• ch: Abbreviation for Chapter
• yer: Nonstandard spelling of 'your'
• oo: The sound of surprise