Vocabulary

• go away: To go on vacation
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• amount: Quantity of something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• sharp: Person's name
• mad: Very angry
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• ruthless: Not considering the feelings or health of others
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• great: Very good; better than before
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• demon: Cruel wicked and inhuman person or spirit
• betrayal: Act of giving knowledge or information to an enemy
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• backbone: Strength and determination
• anymore: No longer; no more
• antagonist: (Literature) someone who is an enemy or opponent
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• mule: Animal breed combining a horse and a donkey
• roadblock: Barrier set up by police to stop traffic