Vocabulary

• love is blind: When you love someone, you cannot see their faults.
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• ring back: To call someone again after a previous call.
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• rock up: To arrive somewhere.
• next to: Being located along side another
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• have to: Must do
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• act: To behave in a certain way
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• great: Very good; better than before
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• bash: To hit something; to criticize
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
• impeachment: Charging a public official with misconduct
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• slogan: Distinctive phrase used in political campaign, etc.
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject