Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• go on: To continue doing something
• spin off: A company that is formed from part of an existing company.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• smash hit: A very successful song, film, play, etc.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• settle down: To become calm and relaxed after not being so
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• chip in: To contribute (donate money) to a cause
• got to: To arrive at some place
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• huge: Very very large
• couple: To join something to something else
• thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• premiere: First performance of a show, film, play in public
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• hover: (Bird/helicopter) to fly staying in one position
• frugal: Spending very small amounts; using very little
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• wing: Part of an animal's body that is used for flying
• sexually: In a way or manner that involves sex
• upstairs: On a floor above
• fan: To blow air upon a fire to make it stronger
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
• whirlwind: Very powerful dangerous spinning wind
• plop: Sound made when a solid is dropped into a liquid
• creator: Person who makes something original or new
• magnum: Extra large bottle for champagne, etc.
• spinoff: New additional thing based on successful film, etc.
• ye: Old word for 'you' in the plural
• pi: The ratio of the circumference to the diameter