Vocabulary

• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• dawn on: If something dawns on you, you realize it for the first time.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• hand out: To distribute papers (often in class)
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• by night: During the night; not during the day.
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• from the dead: Returned to life after being dead.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• help out: To assist someone
• set down
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• in the shadow of: Close to and influenced or dominated by something else.
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• in the eyes of the law: According to legal judgement or the law.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• leave: To go away from; depart
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• alive: Living; not dead
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• tide: Way opinions or events are developing or changing
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• gently: In a mild, careful, and soft manner
• robbery: Crime of stealing; an act of robbing
• mud: Soft, wet dirt
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• knot: Secure form of tying a rope, string etc.
• lantern: Light in a glass box that can be carried
• hitch: To ask for and get (a ride in someone's car)
• inspector: Person whose job is to inspect places