Vocabulary

• at a time: Separately; one by one
• behind bars: In prison; imprisoned.
• give and take
• at least: As a minimum
• in a word: Briefly; in short.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• all ears: Fully attentive; very interested in hearing what someone has to say.
• check out
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• purse: Small bag for carrying money and other things
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• alive: Living; not dead
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• vain: Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• part: Division of a book
• great: Very good; better than before
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• happen: To take place or occur
• loaf: Large piece of bread baked as a whole
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• bitch: To aggressively complain about something
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning