Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• going on: To continue doing something
• check out
• look on the bright side: Try to find the positive aspect in a bad situation.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• away from home: Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• spill the beans: To reveal a secret or private information, often unintentionally.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• wait up: To wait for a while, e.g. for someone to join you
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• better safe than sorry: Being cautious is preferable to facing later regret.
• freak out: To react or behave in a wild or irrational way
• sit down: To take a seat
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• trifle with: To treat someone or something without seriousness or respect.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• stay back: To remain behind; not approach or advance.
• look away: To turn your eyes in a different direction, especially because you are embarrassed, frightened, or upset.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• on the house: Free; paid for by the establishment.
• do the trick: To solve a problem or achieve a desired result.
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• dude: Form of address for a man
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• rewind: To make something go backwards
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
• flirt: To behave playfully to arouse romantic interest
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• mattress: Thick soft part of a bed that you lie on
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• limp: Being soft, not hard, not rigid
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• surrounding: To be all the way around something
• assure: To confirm; state with certainty something is so
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• pat: Person's name
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• consult: To ask the advice, opinion of a (paid) specialist
• trust: To expect confidently
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
• behold: To look at
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• gullible: Easily deceived; believing whatever they tell you
• cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
• forest: Large area with many trees
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• fateful: Having an important (bad) effect on future events
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• vampire: Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• puke: (Informal) to vomit; be sick
• bleed: To allow a liquid or gas to escape
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• beware: To be careful, used in warning someone
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• gold: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
• gnome: Small being living underground guarding treasure
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt