Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• grapple with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• give out: To be used up; have nothing left; fail
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• pull in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• brother: A boy or man who shares a parent with you
• doctor: Person paid to help people become or stay healthy
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• washing: To clean someone or something with soap and water
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• husband: Married man
• dollar: A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• live: To be alive
• mom: A slang term for mother
• sleep: To have enough beds for
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• sell: To exchange something for money
• marry: To become the husband or wife of someone
• renting: To give the use of something in return for payment
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• borrowing: To take and later return something from another
• lend: To let someone borrow something for a while
• jewelry: Necklace, ring, etc., often made of gold, etc.
• photographer: Professional who takes photographs for a living
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• soap: Hard cream-like substance used to wash something
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• tin: Metal container used for storing e.g. food
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• mile: Unit of distance; 1.6 kilometers
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• alive: Living; not dead
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
• insecurity: Lack of confidence or certainty about yourself
• sew: To make something using a needle and thread
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• poverty: State of being poor
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• embarrassment: Shame you feel when you did something wrong
• mud: Soft, wet dirt
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• prostitution: Practice of offering sex for money
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• variable: Having the ability to change or vary
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• aspiration: Great desire to achieve something
• counsel: To listen and give expert advice to someone
• vitality: Quality of having energy and life
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• ironic: Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• inclined: To bend the head or body forward
• dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
• shack: Small often wooden building that is not well made
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• gown: Long loose clothing worn over other clothes
• inauguration: Official ceremony to start a new presidency, etc.
• secondhand: Something that has already used by another person
• kiosk: Box in the street, etc. selling newspapers, etc.
• crammed: To add more to something that is already full
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• hawking: To remove something from the throat by coughing
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• fiercely: In an emotionally violent manner
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak