Vocabulary

• trip up: To cause someone to fall by putting something in their way or by catching their feet.
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• at least: As a minimum
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• work out
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• start over: To begin again.
• park in: To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• sane: showing good judgment and understanding
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• affair: Secret sexual relationship between two people
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• flame: To glow
• garage: Place for keeping a car
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• client: Person paying for professional services
• promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• cater: To cook or serve at an event for a fee
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• own: To have something as your property
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• stitch: Pain in your side after running or exercising
• great: Very good; better than before
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• quit: To leave a job
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• gullible: Easily deceived; believing whatever they tell you
• quadruple: To make or become four times bigger in number
• grisly: Causing horror or fear
• refill: To make something full again
• brunch: Mixture of breakfast and lunch eaten late morning
• planner: Notebook for recording appointments/things to do