Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• off the cuff: Without preparation or advance thought; extemporaneously.
• have to: Must do
• at first sight: Immediately on seeing someone or something for the first time; based on a first impression.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• full day: A complete day, from morning to night.
• have a go: To attempt or try something.
• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• fiddle with: To make small movements or adjustments to something, often nervously or restlessly.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• confide in: To tell someone secrets because you trust them.
• in brackets: Placed within parentheses () in writing.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• slow burn: A gradual increase of anger or tension over time.
• of the like: And similar kinds or types; alike in category.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• role: Character played by an actor
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• vengeance: Punishment in return for an injury or a wrong
• chronological: Placed in order of time, usually of events
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• premiere: First performance of a show, film, play in public
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• riddle: Amusing question that has a clever or funny answer
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• person: Man, woman or child
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
• slate: To strongly criticize someone usually in public
• hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• picture: General situation or state of being
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• happen: To take place or occur
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• dangle: To hang loosely in the air; hold a thing like this
• meek: Obedient; doing what others say without arguing
• backpack: Bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
• fiddle: To play around in an experimental manner; tinker
• cuff: Fold or band at the end of a sleeve
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• burr: Part of plants covering a seed with thorns