Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• put the moves on: To try to attract someone romantically.
• wait up: To wait for a while, e.g. for someone to join you
• hit on: To discover an idea, etc. by chance
• in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
• name after: To give someone or something the same name as another person or thing, often to honor them.
• good thing going: A successful or advantageous situation or activity.
• proud of you: Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or are connected to.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• buy into: To come to accept an idea or believe in it
• loosen up: To become more relaxed and less tense.
• take it away: To remove something.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• ride on: To continue as planned, despite difficulties.
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• irrational: Not sensible or reasonable; illogical
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• leave: To go away from; depart
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• autobiography: Book written by a person about his or her own life
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• liquor: Strong alcoholic beverage
• squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• holistic: Involving all of something
• basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
• stellar: Very brilliant; very successful or good
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• bastard: Someone whose parents were not married
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• shave: To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
• wizard: Man with magical powers
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• gullible: Easily deceived; believing whatever they tell you
• mob: A secret criminal organization
• truffle: Expensive black edible fungi
• wither: To become drier and smaller, as when dead or dying
• heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
• relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
• belt: To leave somewhere quickly (UK use)
• pepperoni: Pork and beef sausage
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• backbone: Strength and determination
• recover: To return to a prior normal condition
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• moron: Very stupid, foolish person
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• wallet: Small flat case for money, credit cards etc.
• astronomer: Scientist studying stars and other bodies in space
• smell: To have a particular odor
• injure: To do (usually physical) harm or damage to
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• call: A order or request for action
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• bombshell: Unexpected, shocking piece of news
• mop: Sponge or cloth on long handle, for washing floor
• iguana: Large herbivorous lizards with a spiny crest
• loosen: To make something less tight
• boogie: To dance to fast popular music
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
• oui: (French) for 'yes'