Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• got to: To arrive at some place
• halfway there: Having completed half of the required distance or task; making good progress.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• break of day: The start of daylight; dawn.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• punch down: To bully or criticize those less powerful than oneself.
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• cross legged: In a position with the legs crossed.
• up to scratch: Satisfactory; meeting the required standard
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• on the door: Situated on the surface or part of a door.
• on the shelf: Located on a shelf.
• down and out: Without money, a job, or a place to live; destitute.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• at least: As a minimum
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• black eye: A bruise around the eye, typically caused by a blow.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• out of town: Away from one's usual place of residence or work; absent from the local area.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• mental: Concerning the mind
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
• courtesy: Polite and respectful behavior
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• fill: To make something full
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• injury: Physical or emotional harm or damage
• fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
• alive: Living; not dead
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• evil: Act considered morally bad
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• cab: A taxi
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• boulevard: Wide, grand street often with trees on both sides
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing