Vocabulary

• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• things change: Circumstances or situations do not remain constant; they evolve or transform over time.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• go on: To continue doing something
• in shambles: In a state of total disorder or chaos.
• lunch lady: A woman who prepares and serves food in a school cafeteria.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• vote in: To elect someone into a position by voting.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• turn on
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• puppy love: Intense but relatively shallow romantic attachment, typically associated with adolescents.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• jump on: To criticize someone suddenly and strongly.
• came off: To succeed in doing; complete something
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• phase in: To start using or doing things gradually
• got to: To arrive at some place
• cover up: To hide something bad; conceal
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• tear down: To demolish or destroy a building or structure.
• in droves: In large numbers; in a large group.
• going on: To continue doing something
• rake in: To earn a lot of money quickly and easily.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• count out: To say numbers 10 to 1 to declare a boxer 'out'
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• offensive to: Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.
• follow suit: To do the same thing that someone else has done
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• harness: To capture the power of something
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• marijuana: Illegal drug that is made from hemp
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• public: Owned by the government
• gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
• simulator: Machine simulating an environment for training
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• advertise: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
• yard: Unit of length equal to 3 feet or 91.44 cm
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• nudity: State in which a person is not wearing any clothes
• gag: To cover someone's mouth so they cannot speak
• meat: Flesh of a dead animal that you eat
• mitt: Glove covering the four fingers together and thumb
• gaga: Mentally incapable, through age
• garrison: Camp, often fortified, where soldiers are based
• randy: Wanting to have sex (often)
• halftime: Rest time between two periods of a game