Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• check out
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• level with: To be honest and straightforward with someone; to tell someone the truth.
• break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• gross out: To cause someone to feel disgusted.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• as you wish: A polite way of granting a request or giving permission.
• chain of events: A sequence of occurrences, where each event causes or influences the next.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• root for: To support a sports team
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• nice try: Said when someone has made a good attempt at something but has not succeeded.
• up close and personal: Very near or intimately, often in detail or physically close.
• tall order: A task or request that is difficult to achieve.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• happy ending: A conclusion to a story, play, movie, etc., in which everything turns out well for the protagonists.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• strength: Condition of being strong
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• annoying: To make someone angry
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• respect: To follow the established rules
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• exploitation: Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
• great: Very good; better than before
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• emperor: Man who rules an empire
• rank: To rate or class things
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• anime: A form of Japanese animation
• cruelty: Intention to hurt others or be mean to them
• gamble: To play games to win money
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• owl: Bird with large eyes that hunts at night
• vile: Being very bad or unpleasant; disgusting
• cartoon: Drawing or illustration meant to make you laugh
• chum: A friend; pal
• scrappy: Quarrelsome; aggressive
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
• doo: Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
• heather: Purple flower that grows on moors