Vocabulary

• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
• have to: Must do
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• got to: To arrive at some place
• eye patch: A patch worn over the eye, typically to protect it or conceal an injury.
• wait up: To wait for a while, e.g. for someone to join you
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• mix it up: To vary or do things differently; to introduce variety.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• making headway: To make progress or move forward with something.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• make up: To invent or create a story
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
• good person: A morally upright and kind individual.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• dance around: To avoid discussing something directly.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• in reference to: Relating to; with regard to
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• walk over: To treat someone badly, as if they had no rights
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• rough around the edges: Imperfect or unsophisticated but basically good.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• atmosphere: Air around us
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• couple: To join something to something else
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• leave: To go away from; depart
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• act: To behave in a certain way
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• quit: To leave a job
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• kid: Child or young person
• muffin: Small sweet cake that often contains fruit
• processor: A machine that to makes something ready for use
• puppy: Very young dog (and some other animals)
• museum: Building to display art/science/history objects
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• massage: Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax
• nurse: Person trained to care for sick or injured people
• scone: Small cake in which fruit is generally added
• marinara: Sauce for pasta made of tomatoes, garlic and herbs