Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• compared with: In relation to
• balance it out: To equalize or compensate for something, often to create a sense of fairness or equilibrium.
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• got to: To arrive at some place
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• dormant: Temporarily not active/growing
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• bruise: To cause a dark mark in the flesh through injury
• rap: To hit sharply or repeatedly with something
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• long: Person's name
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• testicle: One of two round male sex organs
• leprosy: Disfiguring infectious skin disease
• lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• cannon: Large wheeled gun that fires heavy metal balls
• rapper: Singer who performs rap music
• butterscotch: Hard candy made with butter and brown sugar
• nonviolent: Deciding to not use physical force
• earthworm: Worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil