Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in terms of
• have to: Must do
• go on: To continue doing something
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• by and large: Generally; on the whole; mostly.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• lumped in: To group things or people together indiscriminately.
• for nothing: Without payment or reward; to no purpose or effect; in vain
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• keep from: To prevent someone from doing something
• go into detail: To explain or describe something fully and completely.
• into detail: To explain or discuss something thoroughly with many specifics.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• at its peak: At the highest point of achievement, intensity, or development.
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at most: Not more than; a maximum of.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• mess up: To make a mistake
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• attend to: To deal with; take care of; pay attention to.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• in charge: To be responsible for
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• in the hope of: With the expectation or desire for something to happen.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• a few moments: A short period of time
• with respect to: In relation to; regarding.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• slow in: Being late or delayed in doing something.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at least: As a minimum
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• important: Having power or authority
• public: Owned by the government
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• glorious: (Of a hero, achievements) deserving praise and awe
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
• storyteller: Someone who tells stories