Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• such as: For example; like
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• lead up to: To prepare the way for; to serve as an introduction to.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• like a man: To act bravely or responsibly.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• shoot up: To increase rapidly and suddenly.
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• on a trip: Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
• go on: To continue doing something
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• torn between: Unable to decide between two conflicting choices or desires.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• check out
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• leave: To go away from; depart
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
• symbol: Image that means or represents something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• product: Item that can be bought
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• charming: Being very likable; attractive
• spice: Plant used for making food sweet or hot-tasting
• symbolic: Representing something, but without real effect
• physique: The shape and size of a human body
• hollow: (Of objects) having nothing inside; not solid
• adverse: Negative or harmful
• signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• necklace: Piece of jewelry that hangs around the neck
• symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
• semantic: Concerning the different meanings of words
• conjure: To make an image/idea to come into the imagination
• hypothetically: In a hypothetical way; as an example
• enigma: Person or thing that is hard to understand
• decode: To translate from code into the plain text
• christianity: Beliefs, practices based on teachings of Jesus
• etcetera: More of the same; and so on
• tagline: Ending line in a joke or story that make a point
• skyline: Outline of objects seen against the sky
• spaceship: Spacecraft designed to travel into space
• superhero: Fictional character who fights evil
• horseback: On horseback riding on the back of a horse
• topless: Wearing no hat or no shirt