Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• fire drill: A practice evacuation to prepare for a fire.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• get on it: To start working on a task or action promptly.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• consider: To think carefully about something
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• silly: Careless
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• address: Exact street location of a place
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• due: When something is required or expected
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• role: Character played by an actor
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• sketch: Brief account of something without many details
• ballot: Piece of paper used for the purpose of voting
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• thunder: Loud sound
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• punchline: Last line of a joke
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• turnout: Outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
• honk: To make a loud noise like that of a horn
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• plaid: Cloth with colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'