Vocabulary

• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• major in: To specialize in a particular subject at college or university.
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• a passion for: A strong enthusiasm or interest in something.
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• recommendation letter: A letter that assesses the qualities, characteristics, and capabilities of someone, especially in terms of that individual's capacity to perform a particular task or function.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• dream up: To invent or imagine something, especially something unusual or ingenious.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• draw in: To attract or entice someone or something.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on to: Toward something; forward
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• bring back: To cause to remember
• read along: To read simultaneously with someone else or follow a text aloud.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• intellectual property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• show in: To lead someone into a room or building.
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• come full circle: To return to the original state or situation.
• long for: To have a strong desire or yearning for something.
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• picture: General situation or state of being
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• girl: A female child; a young woman
• room: All of the people inside a particular room
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• closed: To come progressively nearer to something
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• toy: Things children play with, as dolls or small cars
• engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
• math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• library: Place where books and other media are kept
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• sell: To exchange something for money
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
• female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
• creative: Having the ability to make something new
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• designing: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• skill: Ability to do something well
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• stuck: Not able to move
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• trust: To expect confidently
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• artistic: Being able to paint, write music, etc.; creative
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
• spatial: About space
• accelerator: Pedal that controls the speed a vehicle moves
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• beet: Type of vegetable with a thick, purplish root
• napkin: Cloth used to protect clothing when eating