Vocabulary

• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• have to: Must do
• call attention to: To make someone notice something.
• drive out: To force someone or something to leave a place or situation.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on foot
• foot up: To add numbers to find a total sum.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• got to: To arrive at some place
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• fishing for: Currently trying to get attention or praise from other people.
• at least: As a minimum
• have on: To be wearing something.
• in no time: Very quickly or soon
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• sake: Japanese rice wine
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• instinctively: Through intuition, not thought
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• leave: To go away from; depart
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• act: To behave in a certain way
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• wreak: To cause something damaging or violent to happen
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• person: Man, woman or child
• part: Division of a book
• heinous: Hatefully bad; evil
• cop: Slang for police officer
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• figuratively: In a manner a metaphor; not literally
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• amusing: To make someone laugh by entertaining them
• glaze: Light coating of liquid that makes surface shiny
• fateful: Having an important (bad) effect on future events
• malice: Intent to cause harm to someone; ill will
• penny: Person's name
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• puke: (Informal) to vomit; be sick
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• robe: Long loose piece of clothing denoting high rank
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• yard: Unit of length equal to 3 feet or 91.44 cm
• inheritance: Past ideals, styles still important in the present
• lieutenant: Officer in the army, navy, or air force
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• ancestral: Concerning dead relatives
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• bitch: To aggressively complain about something
• ark: Thing that affords protection or safety
• arson: Crime of burning property
• deport: To force a person to leave a country
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• trooper: A US state police officer
• granddad: Your mother or father's father
• birthright: Privilege or property you have from birth
• blanc: White sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables