Vocabulary

• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• have to: Must do
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• off the wall: Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• save up: To gradually collect money by saving.
• at least: As a minimum
• in the bedroom: Located or happening inside the bedroom.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal with
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• pass by: To go past someone or something.
• wall in: To surround something tightly with walls or barriers.
• stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• dude: Form of address for a man
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• couple: To join something to something else
• furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
• subtitle: Additional title, often one that explains
• hunch: Premonition or suspicion; guess
• desirable: Being wanted; worth try to get
• commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• leave: To go away from; depart
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• piece: A counter in a board game
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• restrict: To prevent a person from doing something
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• convenient: Allowing you to do something with less trouble
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• suburban: Of residential areas outside a city
• annoy: To make someone angry
• alley: A narrow road or path between buildings
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• behold: To look at
• area: Amount of measured space
• mount: To attach something to something else
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• layout: Plan or design of something, e.g. of book page
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• renovate: To repair or rebuild a house, room, etc.
• bracket: Placement of a word or words within ( ) [ or ]
• figuratively: In a manner a metaphor; not literally
• condo: Building containing individually owned apartments
• prostitute: To sell your body; to exchange sex for money
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• thud: Dull noise, as of something heavy falling
• academia: Academic world; universities and their staff
• beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
• protrude: To stick out from a surface
• eyesore: Something very ugly and offensive