Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• behind the counter: Located in the area where goods are sold or served.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• make up: To invent or create a story
• sit down: To take a seat
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• rip off: To cheat; take advantage of; charge too much
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
• to God: Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
• drink up: To finish a drink completely.
• drink in: To absorb or take in something with great enjoyment.
• crash out: To go to sleep very quickly because you are very tired.
• roll it: To prepare a marijuana cigarette.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• fight tooth and nail: Fight fiercely and with maximum effort to achieve or defend something.
• at least: As a minimum
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• fiddle around: To tinker or waste time doing small unimportant things.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• drink out: To consume all the drinks available at a place.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• inevitably: (Happening) with complete certainty
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• shift: To change in position or direction
• financial: Involving money
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• alleviate: To lessen the severity of something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• plummet: To fall quickly, as from the sky
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• mandate: To order that something is done
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• altogether: All things considered
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• staff: Employees of a company
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• savor: To enjoy a feeling, taste, smell for a long time
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• paramount: More important/significant than all other things
• apron: Clothing to keep clothes clean when cooking
• backfire: (Vehicle) to explode fuel in the muffler
• olive: Person's name
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• nickel: American coin worth 5 cents
• heyday: Period when someone, thing was successful, popular
• latte: Espresso coffee filled up with hot milk
• restroom: Toilet; bathroom
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• stunk: To smell terrible