Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• proud of you: Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or are connected to.
• look back: To think about past events
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• replace: To use instead of something else
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• weep: To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• withhold: To hold something back; restrict access to
• crosswalk: Path allowing people to cross over a road
• gay: Happy and bright
• funnier: Being more amusing than
• oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
• emmy: Annual award for achievements in US TV
• chez: (French) at the home of; with