Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• break up
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• look back: To think about past events
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• all ears: Fully attentive; very interested in hearing what someone has to say.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• stay the course: To continue doing something until it is finished, even if it is difficult.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• rebel: Person who fights against established government
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• persevere: To continue to try despite difficulties
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• discourse: The study of how we write and speak
• hall: Area just inside the entrance of a building
• optimist: Someone who believes the future will be good
• refresh: To refill a person's glass with a drink
• anymore: No longer; no more
• mannequin: Woman who wears clothes to display fashions
• civic: Of a town or city; of rights or duties of citizens
• buff: Person who knows a great deal about a topic
• stun: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• wade: Person's name
• cannonball: Solid ball of metal fired from a cannon