Vocabulary

• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• have to: Must do
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• look back: To think about past events
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• ring in: To call by telephone.
• like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• brew: A beer; a drink of beer
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• gigantic: Extremely large
• glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• hop: Dance party
• brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• desperation: Feeling all hope is lost and you will do anything
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• torn: To move very quickly, often with carelessness
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• homage: Giving honor or respect to someone for achievement
• castle: Large defensive building in historical times
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• optimist: Someone who believes the future will be good
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• riddled: Infested with; full of (insects, mistakes etc.)
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• oat: Widely grown grain eaten as, or used in, food
• history: Established pattern or record
• countdown: Counting backward to zero to show the time left
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
• eve: The time just before something happens
• twinkle: To shine with a flickering gleam of light
• dolly: Childish form of 'doll'
• madonna: A representation of the Virgin Mary with Jesus