Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• sit down: To take a seat
• pick on: To tease or bully someone
• As luck would have it: By chance; fortunately; coincidentally.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• leave: To go away from; depart
• lavish: To use or give a lot of something
• spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• cabbage: Round green vegetable with tightly packed leaves
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• frown: When you pull your eyebrows together to show anger
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• fateful: Having an important (bad) effect on future events
• upside: Above, over
• live: To be alive
• lyric: In a tone, or style similar to an emotional song
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• fella: Way of spelling 'fellows'
• friendly: Acting like a friend; kind and helpful
• radio: System of sending/receiving signals through air
• mama: A mother