Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• hold it together: To remain calm and composed in a tough situation.
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• spit it out: To say something quickly, especially when reluctant to do so.
• have to: Must do
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• pile: Large amount of something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
• require: To demand that someone does something
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• insanity: Mentally ill, unable to act normally
• stale: (E.g. of bread) not fresh
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
• rinse: To wash off small amounts of dirt, soap suds, etc.
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• alive: Living; not dead
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• startling: So remarkably different or sudden as to shock
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• improv: Drama that the actors make up as they go along
• main: Most important; most often used
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• triple: Group or set of three
• rooster: Adult male chicken
• backstage: In the area of a theater behind the stage
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• buyout: Acquisition of a company by purchasing its stock
• gee: Give a command to a horse to turn to right
• cheeseburger: Hamburger with melted cheese on it