Vocabulary

• pick on: To tease or bully someone
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• going on: To continue doing something
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• Easier said than done: More difficult than it appears to be.
• scheme of things: The way that things are generally ordered or arranged in the world or in a particular situation.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• have to: Must do
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• surround: To be all the way around something