Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of a certain age: Refers politely to someone who is middle-aged or older.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• hand up: To raise one's hand in order to get attention, especially in a classroom.
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• annoying: To make someone angry
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• downright: Absolute; absolutely
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• aid: To help others and provide things
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• civilization: A highly developed society
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• sprint: To race or move at full speed
• tick: To function properly or normally
• fully: Completely or entirely
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• squad: A sports team
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• ambush: Act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• unsuspecting: Not feeling doubts or suspicions
• scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
• craze: Popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• assassin: Person who kills a public figure
• dumbest
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• weirder: More odd or unusual
• diabetic: Concerning diabetes; suffering from diabetes
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• binocular: Using both eyes at the same time
• homeowner: Someone who owns a home
• teamwork: Cooperative work done by a team