Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• going on: To continue doing something
• apartment building: A building with many apartments or flats
• check out
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• lock up: To imprison someone.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• go shopping: To go to stores to buy things
• range hood: A canopy or hood installed above a stove or cooktop to remove cooking fumes, smoke, and odors from the air.
• light on: To illuminate something.
• phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
• drop off: To leave someone, something somewhere
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• turn on
• keep it off: To avoid gaining weight again after having lost it.
• sink in: (Of an idea) to slowly be understood or felt
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• chill out: To relax and stop being angry or nervous about something.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• wardrobe: Stock of clothes belonging to a person
• chill: State of being a little cold
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• flame: To glow
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
• area: Amount of measured space
• hood: Front part of the car that covers the engine
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• unit: One apartment in a building
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• lamp: Device to produce light, using electricity/oil/gas
• mat: Piece of material used to cover, protect the floor
• propane: Colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum
• artwork: the pieces of art, such as drawings and photographs, that are used in books, newspapers, and magazines