Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• dressed for: Wearing clothes suitable for a particular event or activity.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in shape: In good physical condition; fit.
• in second grade: Being in the second year of elementary school.
• trip out: To hallucinate, especially as a result of taking drugs.
• house hunting: The activity of looking for a house to buy or rent.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• stand here: To remain in or move to this specific location.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• drink up: To finish a drink completely.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• staff: Employees of a company
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• protocol: Written agreement between countries
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• attic: Room at the top of a house just below the roof
• great: Very good; better than before
• embarrass: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• live: To be alive
• hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
• bleep: Short sound made by an electronic instrument
• doorbell: Button you push on outside door to gain entry