Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• for instance: As an example.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• easy enough: Sufficiently easy; not too difficult.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• lost innocence: The state of having lost the quality of being innocent; a loss of purity or naiveté.
• in the least: Not at all; to the smallest degree.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• at least: As a minimum
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• cap on: An upper limit or restriction on something, such as spending or quantity.
• go on: To continue doing something
• rain out: To cancel an outdoor event because of rain.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
• call up: To require someone to join the army
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• instance: An example of something; case
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• intensely: In a manner that is very strong or extreme
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• errand: Short trip to buy, collect something, etc.
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• empathetic: Exhibiting deep emotional understanding
• person: Man, woman or child
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
• figurative: Using a metaphor; not literally
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• phony: Not genuine; fake
• famous: Excellent
• bulge: To curve outward from the surface, as when full
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• carousel: Moving belt carrying bags to be claimed at airport
• history: Established pattern or record
• glove: Piece of clothing to protect or keep hands warm
• museum: Building to display art/science/history objects
• rye: Type of grain used to make flour for certain bread
• semblance: Outward appearance
• slaughterhouse: Building where animals are killed for their meat
• resonant: Strong and deep in tone
• creeper: Any plant which crawls or climbs up a tree
• kris: Malayan dagger with a wavy blade