Vocabulary

• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• brighten up: To become more cheerful or lively.
• featured on: To appear or be highlighted in a particular media outlet.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• set up
• crush on: To have a brief but intense infatuation with someone.
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• chill out: To relax and stop being angry or nervous about something.
• deal out: To distribute something, especially playing cards or portions of something.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
• tag along: To accompany someone, especially when uninvited or not needed.
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• out of town: Away from one's usual place of residence or work; absent from the local area.
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• As luck would have it: By chance; fortunately; coincidentally.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• beyond words: Too great or extreme to be expressed in words; indescribable.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• to pieces: Broken into many small parts.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• white as a sheet: Extremely pale, usually from shock or sickness.
• jail time: A period of imprisonment in a jail or prison.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• identical: The same in every way
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stink: To smell terrible
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• mad: Very angry
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• replace: To use instead of something else
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• trust: To expect confidently
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• cab: A taxi
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• shabby: In poor condition because of use and age
• cafeteria: Restaurant in a school or company
• adoption: Act of accepting and starting a new practice
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• spun: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• stun: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling