Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• come for: To arrive to collect someone or something.
• tv show: A television program.
• on a shoestring: Doing something with very little money.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• pitch black: Extremely dark; completely without light.
• walk down: To walk along or down something.
• silver screen: The cinema; the film industry.
• the silver screen: The cinema; the world of films.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• original ideas: New and creative thoughts or concepts.
• word of mouth: Information spread by people telling each other.
• cultural phenomenon: A thing that takes place when something or someone gains popularity, especially when this is among many people.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• with open arms: In a very welcoming way; with great enthusiasm and affection.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• engage with it: To interact with something or someone in a meaningful way.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• piece together: To assemble or put together from fragments or parts.
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• push on: To continue with some effort; persevere
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• check out
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
• spot: A certain place or area
• dread: To await with great fear
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• narrative: The telling of a story
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• performance: Act of doing something
• blend: To combine different elements or substances
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• cult: Small extreme religious group
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• public: Owned by the government
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• rut: Deep track, made by the wheels of vehicles
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• temple: A flat area on the side of the forehead
• nirvana: Extinction of desires when you reach perfect peace
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• cock: Adult male chicken
• curry: Indian food made of vegetables, meat and spices
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• rightfully: By right; as decided by moral or legal right
• gore: To wound by attacking with a knife, sharp horn etc.
• heron: Big water bird with a long neck and long legs
• op: Shortened form of of 'medical operation'