Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• strip of: A long, narrow piece of something.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
• lock up: To imprison someone.
• on tour: Time a soldier is away from home for work
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• medical center: A facility providing comprehensive healthcare services, including diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• call in: To ask others for help when in need
• dust off: To remove dust from something by wiping or brushing.
• behind bars: In prison; imprisoned.
• piece of cake: (slang) easy to do
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• huge: Very very large
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• infamous: Famous because of something bad
• foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• leave: To go away from; depart
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• preferably: In a way that would be better
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• surround: To be all the way around something
• prop: Moveable item used on the set of a theater/film
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• area: Amount of measured space
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• outta: Slang written form of ‘Out of’
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• hallway: Interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• famous: Excellent
• treason: Crime of trying to overthrow your own government
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• chapel: Room to hold religious services
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• saga: Description of events occurring over a long period
• heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
• daredevil: Someone who takes risks without thinking of danger
• island: Area of land that is surrounded by water
• pane: Piece of glass that fills a window
• recreate: To make a past situation exist again
• correctional: Concerned with or providing correction
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• vend: To offer something for sale or to sell something
• tang: Sharp, slightly sour taste or smell
• barb: Sharp point which curves backwards
• bullock: Bull that has been castrated