Vocabulary

• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• to the rescue: Arriving in time to help or save someone from danger.
• in place of: Instead of; as a substitute for.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• find out about: To look for information to learn about it
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in the sack: In bed, especially sleeping or engaging in sexual activity
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• put aside: To save money regularly.
• open up to: To start talking more freely about your feelings and private thoughts.
• in the presence of: While someone or something else is present.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• at least: As a minimum
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• spit on: To show contempt for someone by spitting towards or onto them.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• consider: To think carefully about something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• resentment: Feeling of anger because of unfair treatment
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• couple: To join something to something else
• sarcasm: Harsh or cutting remark
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• respond: To answer something or someone
• sacred: Worthy of religious worship; very holy
• receipt: Act of receiving something
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• outright: In a complete manner; totally
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• conceive: To become pregnant
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
• bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
• naughty: Behaving badly, e.g. so as to annoy adults
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• propose: To make an offer of marriage
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• central: Being in the middle
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• platonic: Purely spiritual; as friends only; not sexual
• monogamous: Having one sexual partner
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• lipstick: Red, pink etc. makeup for the lips
• token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
• ethos: Guiding principles of a group
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• formative: Having a long-term effect; giving form or shape
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested