Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• defect to: To abandon one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one.
• steal the show: To receive more attention than anyone else in a performance or event because you give the best performance.
• have on: To be wearing something.
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• over the top: More than what is considered normal or suitable; exaggerated.
• see through: To realize the truth about
• run amok: To behave uncontrollably and disruptively.
• in the presence of: While someone or something else is present.
• run ahead: To move forward or go in front of others quickly.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• for the record: Said to ensure something is officially noted or remembered.
• check out
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• performance: Act of doing something
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
• infamous: Famous because of something bad
• role: Character played by an actor
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• noble: Being admirable and honorable in character
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• foul: Terrible in smell, taste, appearance or morals
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• ruthless: Not considering the feelings or health of others
• rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• physician: A medical doctor
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• dictator: Ruler who decides everything, and enforces it
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• charming: Being very likable; attractive
• adolescent: Teenager developing into an adult
• pinnacle: Highest point of success, power, fame, etc.
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• assassin: Person who kills a public figure
• psychopath: Violent, mentally disturbed person
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• lace: To add an amount of liquor to a food or drink
• actor: Person who acts in the theater, movies, or TV
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• monstrous: Abnormally large or bad
• festive: Colorful, exciting or joyous, as for a celebration
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• prequel: A story, or movie that comes before another one
• shameless: Without shame; determined to go ahead, whatever
• star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
• pitiful: Inspiring mixed contempt and pity
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• eve: The time just before something happens
• scottish: Concerning the culture and people of Scotland
• eye: The part of the body that you see with
• amok: Frenzied as if possessed by a demon
• atonement: Action that shows that you are sorry for something
• wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict
• archetypal: Being a good or perfect example of something
• octane: Hydrocarbon found in petroleum, used e.g. as fuel
• freeman: Someone who is not a slave