Angst: strong worry and unhappiness, especially about personal problems

Cult: /kʌlt/ a religious group, often living together, whose beliefs are considered
extreme or strange by many people

Light-hearted: happy and not serious

Surefire: certain or likely, especially to succeed (The film looks like a surefire Oscar
winner)

Fiery: showing very strong feeling

Flyaway hair: soft, light and difficult to keep in place

Fringe: the outer or less important part of an area, group, or activity

Derails: to run off the tracks (trains)

To target: to aim

Creepy: strange or unnatural and making you feel frightened

Sorrow: a feeling of great sadness

To Recruit: to persuade someone to become part of an organization

Ecstatic: extremely happy

Appalled: having strong feelings of shock or disapproval

To Foil: to prevent someone or something from being successful

Burden: something difficult or unpleasant that you have to deal with or worry about

Gall: rudeness and the quality of being unable to understand that your behaviour or
what you say is not acceptable to other people

Something is all-consuming: taking almost all of your attention and time

To shun: to avoid something

Mildly: slightly

To cover up: to prevent information to be known

Staunch: always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs or opinions

To take ownership: always loyal in supporting a person, organization, or set of beliefs

or opinions

To wear off: to gradually disappear

To look sb in the eye: always singular. to talk to someone in an honest way that shows
no doubts