Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• eat in: To have a meal at home instead of going out.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• wash up: To clean the plates, bowls and cups after eating
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• filthy: Being very rude (about sex, bodily functions)
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• counselor: Person offering professional advice to others
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
• bum: (Slang) the part of the body on which you sit
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• leaky: Allowing fluid or air to enter or escape
• slingshot: Loop of leather used as a weapon to throw stones
• tavern: Establishment that serves alcoholic beverages
• hippie: Someone rejecting established culture
• brewery: Company or building for making beer
• deuce: Tie in tennis needing two successive points to win
• twain: (Literary) two of something; two people