Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at school: Present and attending school.
• goes well: To happen in the way desired
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• tune in: To listen to a radio program or watch a television program.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• show up with: To arrive at a place accompanied by someone or carrying something.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• at least: As a minimum
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• snooze: A short light sleep; nap
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• garage: Place for keeping a car
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• squad: A sports team
• license: To give official permission to do something
• bureaucracy: Governing system with many rules and officials
• part: Division of a book
• jewelry: Necklace, ring, etc., often made of gold, etc.
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• drama: Play that is performed on stage, theater, or TV
• coach: Large, comfortable bus
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• abortion: A medical operation to stop having a baby
• confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• dumbest
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• choir: Group of people who sing together e.g. in church
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• snitch: To take by theft; to steal
• bitch: To aggressively complain about something
• nickname: Name given by friends or family
• illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
• latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
• cartoon: Drawing or illustration meant to make you laugh
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• sweetie: Person loved by someone; boyfriend, girlfriend
• cheerleader: One who chants and dances to encourage sports team
• undocumented: Lacking necessary paperwork (e.g. a passport)
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother
• clink: To make light sound as when glasses are tapped
• pom: Rude Australian term for a British person