Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• notch up: To achieve or accumulate something, often successes or points.
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• after dinner: Following the meal of dinner.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• put it away: To return something to its proper location; to tidy up.
• not necessary: Not required; not needed.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• blast: To attack someone with words
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• complimentary: (Of goods) free; available for no money
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• margin: Edge of an area
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• squat: To illegally live on anothers property or land
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• act: To behave in a certain way
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• quit: To leave a job
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• yolk: Yellow central part of a bird's egg
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• carrot: Reward offered to make someone do something
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• crotch: Area between your legs where they join your body
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• dynamite: Sticks of explosive triggered by a fuse
• goose: Large water bird related to a duck
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• cookbook: Book containing recipes showing how to make dishes
• overprice: To price something excessively high