Vocabulary

• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• brush up: To improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• in hot pursuit: Chasing closely and urgently.
• under cover of darkness: Using the night or darkness to hide one’s actions.
• in the hope of: With the expectation or desire for something to happen.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• for good measure: As an extra amount; in addition to what is strictly necessary.
• check out
• illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• rage: Strong or violent anger
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• furious: Extremely angry
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• mend: To repair or put into good shape or working order
• lavish: To use or give a lot of something
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• inability: Lack of ability, power, or means to do something
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fill: To make something full
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• pluck: Quality of bravery or determination
• erratic: Not acting in a regular/planned way; unpredictable
• psychedelic: Having very bright contrasting colors and shapes
• nick: Person's name
• trickster: Dishonest person who tries to trick you
• dissolution: Indulgence in sensual pleasures; debauchery
• bard: Person who writes poems or songs