Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• out of the window: To be discarded or no longer applicable or relevant.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• trouble in: Problems or difficulties existing within a specific place or situation.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• up to scratch: Satisfactory; meeting the required standard
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• social workers: Professionals who work to improve the lives of individuals, families, and communities by providing support, resources, and advocacy.
• walking the dog: To take a dog for a walk.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• for all that: Despite that; even though.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on the fly: While in motion or progress; spontaneously; without prior planning or preparation.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• way up here: At a high or elevated location, often emphasizing the distance or effort to reach it.
• at sea
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• work around: To find a way to avoid a problem or obstacle.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• set up
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• come round: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• walk over: To treat someone badly, as if they had no rights
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• as such: Something previously stated or understood
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• balcony: Platform with a rail projecting out of a building
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• uncertain: Feeling doubt about a person, place, or thing
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• area: Amount of measured space
• pavement: Surface next to a road for people to walk on
• borough: Section of a city with authority to manage itself
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• chirp: To make a sharp sound like an insect, bird
• graffiti: Writings and drawings on walls, often rude, funny
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• rob: Person's name
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• regenerate: To form or create new things
• staircase: Flight of stairs and the structures supporting it
• slum: Poor section of a city with poor quality houses
• bankrupt: Unable to pay debts
• nationality: Being a citizen of country you live, were born in
• shutter: Part of a camera that opens to allow in light
• oasis: Place in a desert where there is water
• smell: To have a particular odor
• tower: Tall, narrow building
• renewal: Action of making something more modern or like new
• limbo: An uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there is no progress or improvement
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• regeneration: Act of adding more life or energy into
• rebirth: When learning, a culture etc. begins again
• seaside: Resort area next to the sea shore
• plumb: Precisely or exactly
• shoddy: Poorly made; acting badly
• payback: Financial return or reward in return for a loan
• whir: To make a fast repeated quiet sound
• clank: To make a short loud sound by a metal object
• spacey: (Of rooms) wide and roomy