Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• at least: As a minimum
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• lay in: To provide stocks (e.g. for the winter)
• beyond belief: Too improbable to be believed; incredible.
• deal with
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• due to: Because of; owing to
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• sink or swim: To fail or succeed by one's own efforts, without help from anyone else.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• sit down: To take a seat
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• away from home: Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• factor: Something that influences a result
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• leave: To go away from; depart
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• quit: To leave a job
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• overdose: To take too many drugs, so that you might die
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• dependent: Someone who relies on (financial) support
• pill: Person who is difficult to deal with
• selfish: Concerned about your own interests, not others'
• fix: Answer to a problem
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• unconditionally: Without demands being made before agreeing
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• marquee: Large theater sign listing the performers