Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• the big time: Famous or important position especially in career or entertainment.
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• show up with: To arrive at a place accompanied by someone or carrying something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• got to: To arrive at some place
• mop up: To clean a liquid from a surface by using a mop or cloth.
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• nice try: Said when someone has made a good attempt at something but has not succeeded.
• go on: To continue doing something
• stand aside: To move to the side to make way or allow passage.
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• sake: Japanese rice wine
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• stubborn: Unwilling to give way or obey
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• cater: To cook or serve at an event for a fee
• act: To behave in a certain way
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• host: Mass; a great number
• poetry: Poetic writing; imaginative verses
• madness: Obsolete term for legal insanity
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• pearl: Person's name
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• penny: Person's name
• patty: Small pie or pasty
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• call: A order or request for action
• crusty: Having a hardened crust as a covering
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• mop: Sponge or cloth on long handle, for washing floor
• midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
• encore: Additional performance demanded by the audience
• aye: Yes', when voting, or in certain spoken contexts
• pearly: Color of white pearls
• wasteland: Uninhabited wilderness worthless for cultivation
• meow: Cry like a cat
• cleanser: Preparation used to clean the skin, etc.
• bikini: Two-piece swim suit for women