Vocabulary

• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• going on: To continue doing something
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• no fear: Showing confidence or bravery; not afraid.
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• up the wall: Extremely annoyed or frustrated.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• plug up: To block something by filling it with something else.
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• head out: To leave a place; depart
• have to: Must do
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• check out
• on time
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• disposable: Being available to be used or spent
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• unravel: To work out the meaning of, in a slow careful way
• scarf: To eat or drink something quickly
• shut: To stop being open for business
• basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
• graduate: Concerning a Masters or Ph.D. university courses
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• squad: A sports team
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• cattle: Cows or bulls on a farm
• great: Very good; better than before
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• scout: To watch or search for something or someone
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• ramble: To talk or write in an apparently purposeless way
• weep: To cry or shed tears often due to sadness
• prisoner: Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• meme: Idea, value or pattern of behavior in a culture
• collateral: Property you offer as security against a loan
• dead: Not alive
• main: Most important; most often used
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• manga: A style of Japanese comic strip or comic book
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
• horny: Feeling great sexual desire
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• wall: High, flat side of a room or building
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• mum: Mother
• dammit: A mild swear word used to express annoyance
• legion: Large group of soldiers, as of the Roman army
• titan: Person gigantic or great in size or power
• thunderbolt: Discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
• titanic: Concerning great force or power
• godfather: Man who acts as a sponsor for a child at baptism