Vocabulary

• life and limb: The risk of injury or death.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• open house: A period during which a house or other building for sale is open for inspection by prospective buyers or renters.
• send over: To deliver or dispatch something or someone to a particular place.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at least: As a minimum
• turn into: To change to become something else
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• delicacy: Something pleasing because of its good taste
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• creature: Animal of any type
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• cater: To cook or serve at an event for a fee
• mad: Very angry
• palate: Roof of the mouth
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• point: An item to be discussed
• lawn: Fine cotton cloth, either plain or printed
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• behave: To act correctly
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
• migrant: Person moving to live and work in another place
• translate: To change something into a different state
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• cross: Angry and upset
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• cultural: Of a particular society's customs and beliefs
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• harass: To bother repeatedly with harmful words or actions
• ranch: Large farm, made mostly of land for raising cattle
• freaky: Strange and somewhat frightening
• expat: Someone who does not live in their own country
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• tequila: Mexican liquor made from juices of an agave plant
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• nomad: One of a group that wanders searching for food
• stun: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• eviction: Action by a landlord compelling a tenant to leave
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• analytic: Of the process of detailed reasoning
• appreciative: Understanding the value or worth of something
• margarita: Cocktail made of tequila, triple sec and lime
• quesadilla: Tortilla that is filled with cheese and heated