Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• set up
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• kind of sad: Slightly sad; a little bit melancholy.
• hang with: To spend time with someone.
• go on: To continue doing something
• by George: An old-fashioned exclamation to express surprise or emphasis.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• long for: To have a strong desire or yearning for something.
• tight schedule: A schedule with very little time available; a very busy timetable.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• have to: Must do
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• ask around: To ask several people for information or advice.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• got to: To arrive at some place
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• leave: To go away from; depart
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• important: Having power or authority
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• public: Owned by the government
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• detachment: Feeling of not being personally involved
• identification: (Card or paper) that proves who a person is
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof