Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
• mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• stop: To block or close something
• live: To be alive
• filming: To record moving action with a camera
• love: Person's name
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
• camera: Object that takes pictures digitally, or on film
• mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
• police: People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
• kid: Child or young person
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• department: Division of a larger part or organization
• rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• online: Connected to the internet
• kill: To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
• anymore: No longer; no more
• news: Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• death: When someone dies; the end of life
• aged: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• abusive: Saying or doing bad or cruel things to others
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• shit: A coarse term for defecation
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'