Vocabulary

• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• read out: To read something aloud so that other people can hear it.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• salsa dancing: A type of Latin American dance, typically performed to salsa music.
• two left feet: Awkward or clumsy in movement, especially dancing.
• go on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• leave: To go away from; depart
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
• audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• pardon: To forgive for some error or fault; let off
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
• sparkle: To shine with a lot of very small points of light
• hedgehog: Small mammal making a spiky ball if threatened
• underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
• toad: Small amphibian animal very similar to a frog
• nick: Person's name
• karaoke: Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack
• inn: Hotel in the country
• rhinoceros: Large mammal with one or two horns on its nose
• slander: Words falsely spoken that damage a reputation
• radiator: Device for cooling down an engine
• salsa: Spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions and chili peppers
• tarantula: Large hairy poisonous tropical spider
• fax: To transmit documents with a facsimile machine
• veneer: Thin layer stuck on surface to improve appearance
• archer: Person who shoots arrows from a bow
• ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
• pong: To smell badly