Vocabulary

• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• pull on: To put on a piece of clothing quickly and easily.
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• in places: In some locations but not others
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
• door: You walk through this when you go in a room
• holiday: Day when people don't go to work or school
• box: A marked area of a baseball field
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• fun: Amusing and enjoyable
• clean: Completely; entirely
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• love: Person's name
• big: Popular
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• listening: To use your ears to hear and understand things
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• sale: Event during which the prices of goods are reduced
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• decorate: To make more attractive by adding designs/paint
• feeling: Sensation or emotion you experience
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• yard: Unit of length equal to 3 feet or 91.44 cm
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• beef: Red meat from cows
• surprising: To do something that another person didn't expect
• entertaining: To receive someone as a guest
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• creative: Having the ability to make something new
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• irritate: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• creativity: Ability to imagine new ideas
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• lawn: Fine cotton cloth, either plain or printed
• cowboy: Man who tends cattle or sheep (often from a horse)
• reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• cropped: To cut something to a shorter length or size
• benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• united: To join or come together for the same goal