Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
• off balance: In a state of being unsteady or unstable; lacking equilibrium.
• down the middle: In or along the center of something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• check out
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• utterly: Completely
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• melancholy: Having a sad mood or feeling
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• performance: Act of doing something
• click: To work well with someone or something
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• appreciation: Rise in value (of property or belongings)
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• metaphorical: Using words imaginatively to reveal a similarity
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• reel: To wind something in on a reel; pull something in
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• unable: Not being able to do something
• boxer: Someone who fights with his fists for sport