Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• hand off: To transfer responsibility or control to someone else.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• indulge: To let someone else have or do what they want
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• nerd: Intelligent but single-minded expert in a field
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• theater: Place where plays or movies are seen
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• icon: Small image on a computer screen
• land: Region or country
• circulate: To go round continuously
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• hood: Front part of the car that covers the engine
• choreography: Art of designing and arranging dances
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• colonel: Person with senior rank in an army or air force
• carol: Traditional song sung at Christmas
• memorization: Conscious learning of something e.g. words