Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• going on: To continue doing something
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• have to: Must do
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• longest time: The greatest duration of time.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• wind down: To become quiet or calm, after activity
• set off: To start a journey
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• ahead of schedule: Earlier than planned or expected.
• land with: To bring an aircraft down to the ground.
• on foot
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• like a train: In a powerful, unstoppable manner.
• say cheese: To say 'cheese' to smile for a photograph.
• send off: To force someone to leave a game
• walk back: To retract or reverse a previous statement or position.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• cross it: To cancel or eliminate something from a list or plan.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• chance upon: To find or meet something or someone by accident.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• got the idea: Understood something.
• deal with
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• bring over: To take something to someone's home
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• sit out: To refrain from participating in something.
• no questions asked: Without asking for explanations or reasons.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• of a lifetime: Describes something very special or unique in one's life.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• anything goes: There are no rules or restrictions; anything is acceptable or possible.
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• drive down: To cause something to decrease or become lower.
• run down: To be in a bad condition
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• in gross: As a whole; total without division.
• compared with: In relation to
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• check into: To register at a hotel or similar establishment.
• from side to side: Moving left and right repeatedly.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• get at: To criticize someone, often personally
• next to: Being located along side another
• in the clouds: Lost in thought; daydreaming or distracted.
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• spot: A certain place or area
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• village: Small town in the country
• cross: Angry and upset
• mount: To attach something to something else
• 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
• bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• bridge: Structure built over river, road so you can cross
• dodgy: Slightly dishonest; not quite right
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• unlimited: Being free from limits, restrictions or rules
• ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• snake: An animal with a long body, no arms or legs
• meow: Cry like a cat
• yen: Currency used in Japan
• sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed