Vocabulary

• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• cynical: Always believing that bad things are the reasons
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• mad: Very angry
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• nowadays: At the present time; now
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• shut: To stop being open for business
• dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
• despicable: Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
• business: A company formed for making profit
• rupture: To (cause to) burst or break
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• swivel: Device joining two parts which can pivot freely
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• gullible: Easily deceived; believing whatever they tell you
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• intersect: To divide something by crossing it
• malpractice: Wrongful treatment or conduct by a doctor, etc.
• rapper: Singer who performs rap music
• negro: Offensive; do not use a Black person
• yup: Another way of saying 'yes'