Vocabulary

• tune in: To listen to a radio program or watch a television program.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• pitch black: Extremely dark; completely without light.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• end up here: To arrive somewhere unexpectedly or without intending to.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• hang with: To spend time with someone.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• more than once: On more than one occasion; repeatedly.
• lie in: To stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
• have to: Must do
• on end: Continuously; without stopping.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• express: To send something by fast mail
• silly: Careless
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• brew: A beer; a drink of beer
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• garage: Place for keeping a car
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• readily: In a quick and easy manner
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• porcelain: Shiny, delicate substance used to make dishes
• spoiler: Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
• applaud: To clap the hands together to express support
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• unveil: To remove something's outer covering
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• perimeter: Outline or border; outer edge
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• come: To arrive at a place
• revisit: To talk or think about something again
• refresh: To refill a person's glass with a drink
• rev: Short form of reverend
• kid: Child or young person
• bum: (Slang) the part of the body on which you sit
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• ark: Thing that affords protection or safety
• covenant: Solemn promise or vow
• urinal: Wall fixture into which men urinate
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
• tangential: Line of thought that is not related
• lite: Low-fat or low-sugar version of the original food