Vocabulary

• run down: To be in a bad condition
• have to: Must do
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
• run over: To go beyond a limit, e.g. of a budget
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• run away from: To run somewhere, e.g. to escape from something
• run across: To meet someone or find something by chance
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• up to something: Doing something; planning something, often secret or mischievous.
• electricity bill: A bill specifying the amount of money owed for electricity consumption.
• run after: To chase someone or something
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• leave: To go away from; depart
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• mayhem: Scene or situation that involves much violence
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• cashier: Person whose job is taking money in a store, etc.
• invoice: Accounting document listing the amount to be paid
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• asterisk: The mark *
• merry: Feeling a little drunk from alcohol