Many words I don't understand.

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" When you wake up in the morning, there are that many different things that could or maybe will happen to you that day. Maybe you will get run over by a bus, maybe you will get blown up by a terrorist, maybe you will get knifed by a drug fuelled teenager, maybe yur daughter will pitch up and announce she is addicted to heroin. Maybe you will end up in a pych hosiptal because you have worried yourself into the ground about what can and might / might not happen."

Words with bold are the words I do not understand quite well.

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

drug-fuelled teenager: drugged teenager, who gets his fuel/energy from drugs
pitch up: raise her voice
or:
pitch up: To arrive, come to a place (from 'to pitch a tent'), slang:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pitch+up

worried yourself into the ground: worry to the extent of killing/exhausting yourself

Mr Wordy · Answer

Marius Hancupitch up: To arrive, come to a place (from 'to pitch a tent'), slang:

I'm 99% sure that this is the intended meaning here. "Pitch up" = "turn up", "show up".

Nona the brit · Answer

I'm 100% sure that the intended meaning is 'to turn up'. <img src="http://www.EnglishForward.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif"/>

Desireandlove · Answer

Does anyone knows what "Into the ground" means?

Marius Hancu · Answer

into the earth

Many words I don't understand.

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