Vocabulary

• give it up: To stop trying to do something
• smash hit: A very successful song, film, play, etc.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in little: To a small extent; insignificantly.
• in circulation: Available and being used by the public.
• custom made: Designed and manufactured specifically for a particular customer.
• from the dead: Returned to life after being dead.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• tiny: Very, very small
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• blow: To move something using air
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• great: Very good; better than before
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• applaud: To clap the hands together to express support
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• picture: General situation or state of being
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• penny: Person's name
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• socket: Area into which (e.g. a bone) will fit
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• dresser: Piece of furniture with drawers and shelves
• memento: Object to remind you of an event or place
• heron: Big water bird with a long neck and long legs
• grandpa: Your mother or father's father