Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• set up
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• off my back: A relief from a burden or worry.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• sit down: To take a seat
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• going on: To continue doing something
• pick me up: To collect someone or something from a place.
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• dip into: To spend part of some money which you have been saving.
• break up
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• on talking terms: Communicating in a friendly way after a disagreement.
• have to: Must do
• in a bad way: In poor physical or emotional condition.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• climb up: To ascend or move to a higher position by using one's hands and feet.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• come out with: To go out with someone on a date
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• leave: To go away from; depart
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• 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
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• kid: Child or young person
• model: Being an excellent example of
• mix: To combine two or more things to make one
• bushy: (Of hair) thick and poorly groomed
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• safe: Highly likely
• online: Connected to the internet