Vocabulary

• on the double: Very quickly; immediately
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• dead tired: Extremely tired; exhausted.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• black market: An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of official restrictions.
• at least: As a minimum
• lie down: To put your body in a flat position, as to sleep
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• fuzzy: Covered with fur or short hair
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• leave: To go away from; depart
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• corpse: A dead body
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• criminal: Involving illegal activity; relating to crime
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• detective: Person who investigates and solves crimes
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• upside: Above, over
• paw: Foot of an animal that has claws like a dog or cat
• unit: One apartment in a building
• arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• special: Being additional or extra
• nude: Completely unclothed
• dead: Not alive
• tasty: Good tasting; having a lot of flavor
• playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
• hung: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• net: Remaining amount after something is taken away
• bitch: To aggressively complain about something
• fearless: Not afraid of anyone or anything
• pup: Very young dog (and some other animals)
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• walrus: Arctic sea-animal like seal but with 2 long tusks
• mutilate: To cause severe damage, e.g. by cutting a part off
• gnome: Small being living underground guarding treasure
• femur: Bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee
• sailboat: Small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
• marshall: Person's name