Vocabulary

• open house: A period during which a house or other building for sale is open for inspection by prospective buyers or renters.
• have to: Must do
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• over your head: Too difficult to understand.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• belly up: To fail or go bankrupt.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• on the house: Free; paid for by the establishment.
• on the market: Available for sale.
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• pass up: To reject an offer or suggestion
• swing by: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• one too many: More than is acceptable or advisable; excessive.
• check out
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• as you please: Used to indicate freedom of choice or preference.
• work out
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• interest of: For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• make out with: To kiss someone passionately.
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• performance: Act of doing something
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• client: Person paying for professional services
• mattress: Thick soft part of a bed that you lie on
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• shut: To stop being open for business
• comfy: In a position that feels just right
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• part: Division of a book
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• wink: To quickly close one eye, as when making a signal
• backyard: Made in an amateurish or non-professional way
• anger: To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• salesman: Person whose job is to sell things
• elm: Type of tree with large, curved branches
• showtime: The time a performance begins