Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• come up to: To meet expectations
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• stand out
• blend in: To look or behave like the surrounding people so you are not easily noticed.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• fit into: To be small enough to go inside something.
• between the lines: To understand the hidden meaning or intention in something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• forge ahead: To make strong and steady progress; to move forward with determination.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• tiny: Very, very small
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• blend: To combine different elements or substances
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• respond: To answer something or someone
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• intrinsic: Being naturally and always a part of something
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• fully: Completely or entirely
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• frantically: In a frenzied, wildly excited or worried way
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• point: An item to be discussed
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• person: Man, woman or child
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• racial: Of or relating to race
• correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
• background: Images, color, or information behind the main one
• blonde: Having hair of pale yellow color; of such hair
• hispanic: Connected with Spanish-speaking culture