Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in the space of: Within a certain period of time.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
• give away
• duke it out: To fight or box, especially with fists.
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• at least: As a minimum
• out of the picture: No longer involved or relevant in a situation.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• check out
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• huge: Very very large
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• dawn: First light of day
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• leave: To go away from; depart
• premise: Foundation idea in an argument/discussion
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• debut: First performance, appearance, e.g. of opera star
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• trailer: Advertisement of short scenes from a movie
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• entice: To attract someone by appealing to hope or desire
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• demise: Concerning a death
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• gruesome: Showing horrible scenes, e.g. showing blood
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• paramount: More important/significant than all other things
• spawn: Product or result of something
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• evident: Clearly the case; plain; apparent
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• main: Most important; most often used
• promptly: At a particular or expected time; right on time
• shutter: Part of a camera that opens to allow in light
• trio: Three of something, e.g. musicians
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
• doomsday: A day said to end time; the end of the world
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• duo: Two (e.g. of living or people)
• suspenseful: Marked by anxious feelings caused by uncertainty
• preview: Showing of a movie before public release
• superhero: Fictional character who fights evil
• freeman: Someone who is not a slave
• superman: Person with great powers and abilities