Vocabulary

• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• root for: To support a sports team
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• have to: Must do
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• die out: To disappear completely; to become extinct
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in second grade: Being in the second year of elementary school.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• tv show: A television program.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• black and white
• thick accent: A very noticeable or strong way of pronouncing words that shows which country or region someone comes from.
• look down on: To show you think others are not as good as you
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• feel out: To try to discover someone's opinions, ideas, or intentions by talking to them for a while.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• pick on: To tease or bully someone
• going on: To continue doing something
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• act: To behave in a certain way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• ignorance: Lack of information or knowledge about something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• dye: A liquid that colors hair, cloth etc.
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• noticeable: Being easy or likely to be sensed or noticed
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• gasp: To take a short quick breath because of surprise
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• live: To be alive
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• come: To arrive at a place
• dentist: Person whose job is to take care of people's teeth
• kid: Child or young person
• hispanic: Connected with Spanish-speaking culture
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• hung: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• county: Administrative region within a country or a state
• fearless: Not afraid of anyone or anything
• funnier: Being more amusing than
• summertime: Warmest season of the year