Vocabulary

• go on: To continue doing something
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• make with: To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• turn into: To change to become something else
• have to: Must do
• once and for all: Completely and finally; decisively.
• for all that: Despite that; even though.
• light on: To illuminate something.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• get a hold: To make contact with someone
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• pile: Large amount of something
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• lame: Having a damaged leg/foot making walking painful
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• stroll: To walk slowly and in a relaxed manner
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• couple: To join something to something else
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• hazard: Something that is dangerous and causes problems
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• sharp: Person's name
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• spray: To cover something with a stream of tiny drops
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• sesame: Tropical plant with seeds used as food in oil
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
• wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• armpit: Hollow place under your arm at the shoulder
• embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• porcupine: Large rodents with sharp bristles
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• blush: To turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• bouquet: Bunch or collection of flowers
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lipstick: Red, pink etc. makeup for the lips
• come: To arrive at a place
• dandruff: White scales of skin found in the hair
• patty: Small pie or pasty
• crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
• vacation: Time off work used for relaxation or travel
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• livelihood: Way someone earns money to live
• sweet: Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar
• romance: To court someone into a love relationship
• rabid: (Of animals) extremely violent; furious
• urchin: Small sea animal with stiff parts like needles
• unlock: To use a key or code to open something
• charade: Act put on to make situation seem better
• mutilate: To cause severe damage, e.g. by cutting a part off
• ahold: Able to control yourself when nearly panicking
• romantically: As part of a romance; as boyfriend/girlfriend
• tartar: Yellow material that forms on the teeth and gums