Vocabulary

• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• saying goes: An expression or proverb that is commonly known and used.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• on to: Toward something; forward
• kill me: An exaggerated expression of frustration or annoyance.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• every single night: Each and every night; without exception.
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• silly: Careless
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• dawn: First light of day
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• pale: Light in color; unhealthy looking
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• act: To behave in a certain way
• offend: To break a rule or do something wrong
• great: Very good; better than before
• quit: To leave a job
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• disgrace: Shame or dishonor
• captive: Person caught and held against their will
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
• fizzy: (Of a drink) hissing and bubbling
• feeble: Weak; not well in health; lacking power
• circus: Shows with clowns animals etc. performed in a tent
• unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
• scorn: Feeling that something is not worthy of respect
• shriek: Loud high-pitched sound or scream
• frog: Small hopping amphibian
• chum: A friend; pal
• fizz: (Of a liquid) to make a hissing, bubbling sound
• jester: Professional clown employed to entertain a king
• showman: Person skilled at making effective presentations