Vocabulary

• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• count on: To depend on someone
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in short pants: As a young boy, especially wearing short pants.
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• adorable: Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• sincere: Meaning what you say truthfully; honest
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• garage: Place for keeping a car
• sharp: Person's name
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• charm: Quality of making people like you; attractiveness
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• sneeze: Act of air suddenly being forced out of nose/mouth
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• applaud: To clap the hands together to express support
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• dynasty: Family that controls a country for a long time
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• hose: Tube that carries a liquid
• kitten: Young cat
• brat: Someone who has misbehaved, usually a child
• clap: To make loud sounds by striking the hands together
• shack: Small often wooden building that is not well made
• sarcastically: In a rude and critical manner
• bravo: Shouted to express approval, e.g. of a performance
• dipper: Ladle that has a cup with a long handle
• heh: An exclamation of surprise or inquiry