Vocabulary

• hell yeah: An enthusiastic expression of agreement or approval.
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• cross my heart: A phrase used to emphasize that one is telling the truth or making a sincere promise.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• have to: Must do
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• mad: Very angry
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• poison: To affect something in a very negative way
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• twilight: Period of time just as the sun sets
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• dirty: Not clean
• ghetto: Area in a city where one race of people live
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• kiss: To touch something in a light or gentle way
• moonlight: To work at a second job (often late at night)
• madonna: A representation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus