Vocabulary

• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• work off: To work to pay some debts
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• work out
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• clock in: To record the time of one's arrival at work, typically using a time clock.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• rake in: To earn a lot of money quickly and easily.
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• pile: Large amount of something
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• couple: To join something to something else
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• leave: To go away from; depart
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• great: Very good; better than before
• devise: To think of and plan something
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• fluke: Lucky shot or event that is purely accidental
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• introduction: A first experience with something
• hoax: Act intended to deceive or trick
• mesh: Crisscrossed wires to allow air/liquid through
• rake: Tool used to gather leaves or break up soil
• enclosure: Area surrounded by a fence
• badger: Small forest animal with thick black and white fur
• keeper: Person taking care of animals