Vocabulary

• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• hand up: To raise one's hand in order to get attention, especially in a classroom.
• against you: In opposition to you.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• tense up: To become nervous or anxious; to tighten one's muscles due to stress or fear.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• introvert: Person who does not like social contact
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• wardrobe: Stock of clothes belonging to a person
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• option: A choice
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• provocative: Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• exterior: Outside layer or surface
• mascara: Makeup for making eyelashes look darker/longer
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
• part: Division of a book
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• overdue: Past the date you should do something
• mini: Small British car