Vocabulary

• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• break from: To separate oneself from an association or way of life, typically due to disagreement or disillusionment.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• regardless of
• cut loose: To free oneself from a restriction or obligation.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• at least: As a minimum
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• going on: To continue doing something
• give it up: To stop trying to do something
• get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• file in: Enter a place in a neat, organized line or sequence.
• no two ways about it: Absolutely certain or undeniable.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• extreme: Very great in degree
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• express: To send something by fast mail
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• grasp: Person's control over something
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• couple: To join something to something else
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• sober: Not drunk
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• click: To work well with someone or something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• tempt: To make someone want something, even if it's bad
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• gap: Distance between two objects
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
• officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• album: Book with a collection of photographs or pictures
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• melody: Song; music
• shower: Device producing falling water for cleaning
• forte: Someone's strong point
• melodic: (Of music) having a pleasant harmonic sound
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• nah: Way of saying 'No'
• marshall: Person's name