Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• have to: Must do
• got to: To arrive at some place
• bad press: Negative publicity or media coverage.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• early bird: A person who gets up or arrives early.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
• out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• show of hands: A way of voting in which people raise their hands to show that they support something.
• drop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• go away: To go on vacation
• going on: To continue doing something
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• proud of you: Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or are connected to.
• press on: To continue doing something in a determined way; to persevere.
• in check: Under control; restrained.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• at least: As a minimum
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• trash talk: Insulting or boastful speech intended to demoralize, intimidate, or humiliate someone, especially an opponent.
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• dude: Form of address for a man
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
• humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• pal: Friend
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• picture: General situation or state of being
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• weep: To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
• maternity: For or relating to the time of having a baby
• tub: Another word for a bath
• rearrange: To rethink a plan, event for a time and place
• sliver: Thin, often long piece of something, e.g. cheese
• wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
• librarian: Person who works in a library
• gal: Another way to say girl
• nurse: Person trained to care for sick or injured people
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• sex: State of being male or female
• sweetie: Person loved by someone; boyfriend, girlfriend
• sputnik: Russian artificial satellite