Vocabulary

• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• descend on: To visit someone or a place unexpectedly and often in large numbers.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• things change: Circumstances or situations do not remain constant; they evolve or transform over time.
• play games: To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
• clean house: To remove unwanted people or things; make major changes.
• save face: To avoid embarrassment or humiliation; to maintain one's reputation or dignity.
• box in: To trap or prevent movement by surrounding closely.
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• live off: To receive money from someone on which to live
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• deal with
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• dude: Form of address for a man
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• respond: To answer something or someone
• inconsistent: Not tying together logically or with the facts
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• previously: At an earlier time
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• precedent: A similar action happening before now
• troll: Ugly dwarf in fairy tales, e.g. with long hair
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• live: To be alive
• pee: To urinate
• interface: Place where things come together to communicate
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• warranty: Promise to repair a product that was purchased
• halo: Circle of light
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• headset: Headphones
• dragon: Imaginary creatures that breathe fire
• online: Connected to the internet
• indie: Short for 'independent' (movies, studios)
• adapter: A device to convert one electric plug to another
• gay: Happy and bright
• funniest: Causing the most laughter or amusement
• gamer: Person playing a game to a set of rules