Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• got to: To arrive at some place
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• on the house: Free; paid for by the establishment.
• beat up: To hurt someone badly by hitting and punching
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal with
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• lead on: To encourage someone to believe something that is not true.
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• in short order: Very quickly; without delay.
• set up
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• in the lead: Being ahead of others in a competition or race.
• in perpetuity: Continuing forever without end.
• work out
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• lame duck: An official (especially an elected one) in the final period of office, after the election of a successor.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• going on: To continue doing something
• pissed off: Angry or annoyed.
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• lame: Having a damaged leg/foot making walking painful
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• respond: To answer something or someone
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• important: Having power or authority
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• expedition: Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• dime: Coin worth 10 US cents
• part: Division of a book
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• genesis: Beginning of something important
• unpack: To try to understand by thinking about something
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• appropriation: Setting aside of money for a specific purpose