Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• right up there: Among the best or most successful.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• set on: To attack
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• draw out: To lengthen (far beyond the normal limits)
• personal touch: A unique, individual element added to something to make it more personal and special.
• in contrast to: Differing from something else
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• spin off: A company that is formed from part of an existing company.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• formerly known as: Used to indicate a previous name of a person or place.
• black market: An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of official restrictions.
• set off: To start a journey
• interest of: For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
• at the hands of: By the agency or through the actions of.
• in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
• dispose of: To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• on to: Toward something; forward
• loop in: To include someone in a conversation or communication.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• check out
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• villain: Character in a story who is mean or evil
• sane: showing good judgment and understanding
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• poisonous: Harmful; unfriendly; unpleasant
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• scourge: Person or thing causing great suffering
• harmless: Being unable to cause damage or injury; safe
• emperor: Man who rules an empire
• dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
• confrontation: A disagreement or argument
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• summon: To order someone to come, e.g. to a court of law
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• foe: (Literary) an enemy
• death: When someone dies; the end of life
• arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• note: To notice or pay particular attention to something.
• clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
• resurrect: To make something forgotten/lost take on new life
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• bat: Small flying mouse-like animal with wings
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• kidnap: To take someone and demand money to return them
• warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
• twisted: To turn something in a circular direction
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• ledger: Book containing accounting records
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• butler: Senior male servant in a household
• knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
• jack: To increase the amount or intensity of something
• arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
• mastermind: To supervise a complex undertaking, crime etc.
• kidnapping: To take someone and demand money to return them
• unleashed: To release or let an animal go
• brainwash: To forcefully change someone's belief systems