Vocabulary

• one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• strike: To hit something
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• sharp: Person's name
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• tempt: To make someone want something, even if it's bad
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• brittle: Easily broken, cracked, or snapped
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• allowance: Money that is given to someone regularly
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• peanut: Edible small nut which grows under the ground
• prize: Something won in a contest or given as an award
• penny: Person's name
• kit: Set, collection of tools, supplies, for a purpose
• album: Book with a collection of photographs or pictures
• magazine: Part of a gun used for holding bullet
• downhill: From higher ground to lower ground
• sugary: Too sweet; insincere
• cracker: Something excellent or that you really like
• kid: Child or young person
• unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
• nickel: American coin worth 5 cents
• drugstore: Retail shop selling medicine and other articles
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• miller: Someone who grinds grain into flour
• glen: Narrow mountain valley, especially in Scotland