Vocabulary

• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• get up off: To rise from a seated or lying position on something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• fade away: To disappear slowly
• bang on: Exactly (used with numbers, time, for emphasis)
• come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• brave: (Old-fashioned) A native American warrior
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• live: To be alive
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• left: To go away from; depart
• kid: Child or young person
• call: A order or request for action
• shine: To point a light in a certain direction
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• station: (Army) to be posted to a place to perform duties
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• town: Small city
• disc: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data
• nickel: American coin worth 5 cents
• neon: Gaseous element used in electric lamps and signs
• sheen: Soft, smooth, shiny quality, as of glossy hair
• hopped: To move from one place to another
• mic: Short for 'microphone'