Vocabulary

• next to: Being located along side another
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• out of town: Away from one's usual place of residence or work; absent from the local area.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• move with: To adapt or proceed together in agreement or pace with something.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• tick: To function properly or normally
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• shut: To stop being open for business
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• license: To give official permission to do something
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• truth: Real facts about something
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• like: To want to
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• prom: Dance, usually held in high school
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• onion: Strong-smelling, strong-tasting vegetable
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• disorientation: Not knowing where you are or what you are doing
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• unhappy: Not feeling happy; sad or worried
• fluorescence: Visible/invisible radiation from e.g. x-rays