Vocabulary

• lie low: To avoid public attention or remain in hiding, especially after doing something wrong.
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• get the better of: To defeat or overcome someone or something, especially emotions.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• blow: To move something using air
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
• piece: A counter in a board game
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• gown: Long loose clothing worn over other clothes
• peek: To look at something quickly (often secretly)
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• roar: To laugh in a loud and continuous manner
• unfortunate: Having bad luck; bringing a bad result
• disarray: State of being in a mess and disorganized
• necklace: Piece of jewelry that hangs around the neck
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• blot: To remove a spot by putting absorbent material on
• skunk: Animal that emits a bad smell when frightened
• chiffon: Thin transparent fabric made of silk, nylon etc.