a show-off	a person who tries to impress other people with his or her abilities or possessions;
a hostage	someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do wha
a phenomenon (pl phenomena)	something (such as an interesting fact or event) that can be observed and studied and that typically
an aisle	a passage where people walk: a passage between sections of seats in a church, theater, airplane, etc
a thrill	a feeling of great excitement or happiness;
a rib	a bone that curves round from your back to your chest;
disgrace	embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect, or behaviour which causes this;
a fraud	a person who pretends to be what he or she is not in order to trick people;
blackmail	the crime of threatening to tell secret information about someone unless the person being threatened
compassion	a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help
a fugitive	a person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation;
an angle	the space between two lines or surfaces at the point at which they touch each other, measured in deg
a postmortem	an examination of a dead body to find out the cause of death;
an incentive	something that encourages a person to do something or to work harder;
a trauma	a very difficult or unpleasant experience that causes someone to have mental or emotional problems u
thorough	detailed and careful;
compromising	revealing something that is improper or embarrassing; causing damage to one’s reputation;
overwhelming	very great or very large;
distinctive	something that is _____________ is easy to recognize because it is different from other things;
ample	having or providing enough or more than enough of what is needed;
well-off	wealthy;
trustworthy	able to be trusted;
anonymous	made or done by someone whose name is not known or not made public;
elaborate	containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts;
hilarious	very funny;
relevant	connected with what is happening or being discussed;
literally	used to stress that a statement or description is true and accurate even though it may be surprising
outnumbered	smaller in number than something else;
idle	not working, active, or being used;
observant	good or quick at noticing things;
hidious	very ugly or disgusting;
late	living until recently, not now living;
illustrious	famous, well respected and admired;
classified	kept secret from all but a few people in the government;
cooped-up	if you are _______________ somewhere, you are in a small closed space from which you cannot escape,
atrocious	very bad;
to misbehave	to behave badly;
to bump into sb	to meet someone by chance;
to mill around	(of a group of people) to walk around in a general area without any particular aim or purpose;
to impete	to slow down or cause problems for the achievement or finishing of something;
to put down an animal	to kill an animal in a way that causes it little pain usually because it is injured or sick;
to be up to sb	used to say who is responsible for making a choice or decision;
to treat sb to sth	to buy or pay for something for another person;
to chip in	to give some money when several people are giving money to pay for something together;
to frequent sth	to visit or go to a place often;
to smadge	to make a dirty mark, spot, streak, etc., on something;
to fall for sth	to be tricked into believing something that is not true;
to extort sth	to get something by force or threat, or with difficulty;
to crave sth	to have a very strong desire for something;
to repel	to cause someone to feel disgust;
to lurk	to wait or move in a secret way so that you cannot be seen, especially because you are about to atta
to snivel	to cry slightly in a way that is weak and does not make other people feel sympathy for you;
to refine sth	to improve something by making small changes;
to show off	(disapproving) to try to impress someone with your abilities or possessions;
to loathe	to hate someone or something;
to goo on about sth	to continue talking;
to puncture	to make a small hole in something, or to get a small hole in something;
to account for sth	to explain the reason for something or the cause of something;
to behead sb	to cut off someone's head;
to be after sb/sth	trying to catch or get something or someone;
to get carried away	to be so excited that you are no longer in control of your behavior;
to comply with	to do what you have been asked or ordered to do;
to thrive	to grow or develop successfully; to flourish, to boom;
to punch	to hit someone or something hard with your fist;
to swing - swung - swung	(informal) to do or manage something successfully; to pull sth off; (check the past simple and past
to extract sth	to make someone give you something when they do not want to;
to fracture	to cause a crack or break in something hard, such as a bone;
to be up to (no good)	to be doing something, often something bad or illegal, usually secretly;
to wander	to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction;
to take sb in	to trick or deceive someone;
to mop up	to remove a liquid from a surface by using a mop, towel, etc.
to economise on	to try to save money by reducing the amount that you are spending;
to make for sth	to cause something to happen or to be more likely;
to despice	to dislike something or someone very much;
to acquire	to get something;
to come to light	if facts ______________, they become known;
to drive sb up the wall	to make someone irritated, angry, or crazy;
on the advice of sb	following someone’s suggestion;
to be in sb's good books	in a state in which you are liked or are treated nicely by someone;
in a nutshell	using as few words as possible;
to keep a low profile	to avoid attracting attention to yourself;
to keep in the dark	not to give someone all the information about something;
to jump to conclusions	to guess the facts about a situation without having enough information;
to cross sb's mind	if _______________, you think of it;
to take the credit for	to be praised for something you’ve done;
to blow your nose	to clear your nose by forcing air through it quickly;
to do wonders	to help or improve something greatly;
to come in handy	to be useful for a particular purpose;