Vocabulary

• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• on the town: Out socially enjoying nightlife and entertainment.
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in confidence: Communicating privately and confidentially.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• competence: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
• tan: A light brown color
• trust: To expect confidently
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• part: Division of a book
• fix: Answer to a problem
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• baggy: (Of clothes) roomy, loose fitting
• fund: To supply money for something
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• throwback: Example of a species thought dead, but revived
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• kid: Child or young person
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• limousine: Luxurious long automobile
• skirt: To go around the edge of an area
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• cassette: Container that holds tape to record sound or video
• cent: 100th of the basic unit of money e.g. a dollar
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• yah: Another way of saying 'yes'