Vocabulary

• over my dead body: Strongly refuses or forbids something from happening.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• last person: The individual who is the final one in a sequence or group.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• off the hook: Released from an obligation or responsibility.
• play it cool: To act calm and relaxed, especially in a stressful situation.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• section: A part of a whole
• confession: Admission you have done something wrong
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• savage: Condition of being cruel, violent, uncivilized
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• person: Man, woman or child
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• detective: Person who investigates and solves crimes
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• redundant: Not necessary or needed
• part: Division of a book
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
• principal: Leading person in a group of musicians or dancers
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
• salary: Money an employee is paid each month
• beast: Ugly or terrifying animal
• shout: To speak very loudly to get attention
• powerful: Having control or influence over
• literary: Concerning writers or the profession of writing
• brute: Man who is extremely violent or mean
• perish: Usually poetic to be destroyed; die
• handwriting: Way a person's writing looks
• memoir: Written collection of memories someone has
• nonsensical: Making no sense; having no reason