Vocabulary

• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• ride with: To travel together with someone in a vehicle or on an animal.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• 'fess up: To admit or confess something, usually reluctantly.
• going on: To continue doing something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• barely: Only just; just possible
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• consent: To agree or give approval to do something
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• inferior: Being of little importance or worth
• couple: To join something to something else
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• weirdo: Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• shut: To stop being open for business
• alive: Living; not dead
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• sue: Person's name
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• bankrupt: Unable to pay debts
• come: To arrive at a place
• friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
• weirder: More odd or unusual
• handshake: Act of shaking someone's hand with your own hand
• lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• goldfish: Orange or orange and white freshwater fish
• pom: Rude Australian term for a British person
• oy: The sound made to get someone's attention