Vocabulary

• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• find out about: To look for information to learn about it
• make up: To invent or create a story
• going on: To continue doing something
• high and mighty: Acting arrogantly or superior to others.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• apartment building: A building with many apartments or flats
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• more than once: On more than one occasion; repeatedly.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• time out: A brief suspension of activity; a pause.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• go on: To continue doing something
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• have to: Must do
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• get thrown off: To be unseated or fall from a horse or other animal.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• audio: Concerning sound
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• shut: To stop being open for business
• false: Not real or genuine
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• podcast: A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• land: Region or country
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• waffle: Batter cooked in a hot iron, as with crisscrosses
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• catholic: One of many Christian belief systems
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
• nick: Person's name
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• marinara: Sauce for pasta made of tomatoes, garlic and herbs