Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• pork chops
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• take it from me: Trust me or believe what I say based on experience.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• ease with: To make something less painful, difficult, or troubling; to comfort or relieve.
• on time
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• cut away: To do something different, as to change direction
• in detail: Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
• drug free: Being in a state of not using or being influenced by drugs.
• pecking order: A hierarchy where individuals know their place and relative power.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• cast around: To search for something.
• cheer on: To shout encouragement to someone doing something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home
• leave: To go away from; depart
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• tree: Tall green plants in a forest
• bed: Flat bottom surface of a lake, ocean etc.
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• kid: Child or young person
• broken: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• call: A order or request for action
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• kill: To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
• biologist: A scientist who studies living things
• pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• poetry: Poetic writing; imaginative verses
• silly: Careless
• beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
• stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• bleed: To allow a liquid or gas to escape
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• bruise: To cause a dark mark in the flesh through injury
• sickness: State of illness or poor health
• rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
• suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
• soundtrack: The songs connected to a movie
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• sanity: Normal or sound powers of mind
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• outnumbered: To be larger than something in number
• tape: To record some sounds using an electric device
• juggle: To entertain by throwing and catching balls, etc.
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• wrestler: Fighter holding parts of their opponents body
• karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
• masquerade: Fancy-dress party where people often wear masks
• boomerang: Curved piece of wood thrown as a weapon
• claw: Long, sharp, and usually curved nail of an animal
• audacity: Bold and daring behavior
• lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
• battleground: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• clique: Close group of people who tend to exclude others
• motherfucker: Very insulting word for someone
• tightrope: Wire high in the air on which acrobats perform
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• arsenal: Place where weapons are stored
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• tummy: Stomach or belly