Vocabulary

• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• cut it out: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• short clip: A brief segment of a video or film.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• turn off
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• drive in: To enter a place or area by driving a vehicle.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• have on: To be wearing something.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• going on: To continue doing something
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• pass by: To go past someone or something.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• down the middle: In or along the center of something.
• in the picture: Aware of what is happening; informed.
• on the news: Reported or broadcasted as part of a news program.
• serious money: A large or significant sum of money.
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• have to: Must do
• write down: To record in writing
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• annoying: To make someone angry
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• politician: Someone whose job is in politics
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• mainstream: Prevailing current of thought
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• public: Owned by the government
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• weapon: An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• obstruct: To block the view, path or progress of someone
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• newscast: Broadcast of news or commentary on the news