| A | B |
|---|
| absurd | crazy |
| astonishing | very, very surprising |
| awkward | moving or behaving in a way not relaxed or comfortable |
| coincidence | two things that happen the same, by chance |
| ectomy | suffix meaning a medical procedure to take out a body part |
| enforcement | make people obey laws or rules |
| fascinated | very, very interested |
| govern | control, regulate |
| heredity | what you get from your parents (genes) |
| hoard | collect and keep large amounts of s.t. |
| inheritance | money that you get from your parents when they die |
| nurture | how a person is raised; take care of s.o. |
| possession | something that someone owns |
| revenge | get back at someone |
| scour | search carefully and thoroughly for s.t. |
| secure | safe from attack or damage |
| throbbing | a pain that feels like it is vibrating |
| vintage | old and showing high quality |
| at the end of one's rope | be under a lot of stress, at the breaking point |
| be better off | (3 words) be in a better state or condition |
| be cooped up | (3 words) be inside a place feeling like you don't have freedom |
| climb the walls | go crazy because of being bored, especially in an enclosed space |
| come through | (2 words) survive a difficult situation |
| dwell on | (2 words) think too much about s.t. |
| for crying out loud | (4 words) an exclamation of anger |
| keep a level head | (4 words) keep calm |
| knock oneself out | (3 words) try very hard, making oneself very tired |
| lose one's head | (3 words) go crazy or do a crazy thing |
| make do | (2 words) manage with what one has |
| out of the blue | (4 words) suddenly, without any warning |
| sit tight | (2 words) stay in one place calmly and wait for s.t. or s.o. |
| the last straw | (3 words) the last one of a series of frustrating things |
