Vocabulary

• get wind of: To hear a secret or private piece of information.
• on cloud nine
• under the weather: Slightly ill; not feeling well.
• have to: Must do
• steal someone's thunder: To take the credit for someone else's idea or accomplishment, often unintentionally.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• storm out: To leave a place angrily and noisily.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• break up
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
• like the wind: Moving very fast, quickly like the wind blows.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• leave: To go away from; depart
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• purse: Small bag for carrying money and other things
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• synonym: Word that has the same meaning as another word
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• thunder: Loud sound
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
• lessen: To make something smaller in amount or importance
• wedding: To combine and join two things together as one
• violently: In a forceful way that may cause physical damage
• performer: Someone who completes a task well
• gaga: Mentally incapable, through age
• angrily: With anger; in a way showing you are very annoyed
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