| A | B |
|---|
| to pick up | to increase; to get stronger |
| to assure | to remove someone’s doubt about something |
| an errand | a chore involving a short journey (e.g., going to the post office to mail letters) |
| a receipt | a slip of paper that shows you have paid for something you bought |
| panic | a feeling of uncontrolled fear |
| to be stuck (in something) | to be fixed tightly (in a position) and unable to break free |
| to struggle | to make a great effort and experience difficulty doing something |
| on the spot | immediately |
| war stories | here, used figuratively to mean stories about dangerous or difficult personal experiences |
| desperate | willing to take risks to change a bad situation |
| exotic | unusual, exciting and far away |
| shortcut | a quicker way to get somewhere than the usual route |
