Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• turn into: To change to become something else
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• have to: Must do
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• pass up: To reject an offer or suggestion
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• before long: Soon; in a short time.
• no two ways about it: Absolutely certain or undeniable.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• pipe in: To suddenly interrupt or add to a conversation.
• maintain a relationship: To continue to have a connection with someone; to keep a relationship going.
• deal with
• in competition: Taking part in a contest or rivalry.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• check out
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• connected with: Related to; associated with.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• temptation: Something making you want to do/have bad thing
• express: To send something by fast mail
• spouse: Someone's husband or wife
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• pile: Large amount of something
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• leave: To go away from; depart
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
• nonsense: Foolish or untrue statements or ideas
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• attachment: Act of connecting one thing to another
• surround: To be all the way around something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• person: Man, woman or child
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• disappointment: Feeling or state of not being satisfied
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• sympathize: To support or be in agreement with something
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• warrior: Courageous or skilled fighter in a battle or war
• wrench: Tool for holding/turning objects of varying sizes
• carton: Cardboard, plastic container for food, drink etc.
• inconvenience: Quality of being difficult or annoying to do
• clone: To make an exact copy of a living thing
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• reconnect: To connect again
• dale: Area of low land between hills or mountains
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)