Vocabulary

• window of opportunity: A favorable period of time for doing something that will lead to a successful outcome.
• window: Opening in a wall or door to let in light
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• glass: Clear hard container used for drinking
• open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
• wall: High, flat side of a room or building
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
• road: Long piece of hard land for cars to travel on
• eye: The part of the body that you see with
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• beautiful: Having dome something well
• part: Division of a book
• long: Person's name
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• ship: Large boat
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• call: A order or request for action
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• poetic: Imaginative, descriptive and often emotional
• architectural: Concerning architecture
• poem: A written composition in verse, not prose
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• battle: Military fight between armies
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• lyrical: Like singing; expressed beautifully or movingly
• literary: Concerning writers or the profession of writing
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• construct: To build or create something
• expanded: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• related: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• everyday: Used or seen daily; for daily use; ordinary
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• trope: Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
• slew: To turn and move suddenly in another direction
• dew: Drops of water forming on cool surfaces at night
• figuratively: In a manner a metaphor; not literally
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring