Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• back then: At that time in the past.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• make up: To invent or create a story
• spinning out: To prolong or extend something, often unnecessarily.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• sit down: To take a seat
• say it all: To express everything that needs to be said without using many words.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• role: Character played by an actor
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• beard: Hair that grows on a man's face
• false: Not real or genuine
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• absent: Not present at a usual or expected place
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• partner: One you have a business/personal relationship with
• thief: Person who steals something
• tenure: Land or buildings one owns
• prom: Dance, usually held in high school
• kid: Child or young person
• inventive: Having the ability to think up/create new things
• den: Home of some types of wild animals
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• frosty: Without warmth or enthusiasm; unfriendly
• nurse: Person trained to care for sick or injured people
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• hen: Adult female chicken
• gay: Happy and bright
• lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers
• thump: Sound produced by a heavy blow; the blow
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
• cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages
• mama: A mother